Cecilia Lopez Alvarado passed high school math with A’s and B’s. But in college, she effectively had to start over. Here’s ...

The key to improving math outcomes isn’t a new program — it’s transforming how teachers understand and teach the subject.

Her students can, for the most part, understand the concepts she’s trying to teach. They can memorize and use the Pythagorean ...

Many students in elementary grades struggle to grasp the perennially vexing concept of fractions. If those struggles persist ...

Just a few months after California overhauled the way it teaches children to read, a new bill takes on math education.

This story was produced in partnership with Open Campus, a nonprofit news organization that partners with local newsrooms to deliver expert coverage of higher education. Alyssa Pfeifer always ...

Enrollment in MATH 0702: Intermediate Algebra, which focuses on developing foundational skills for college math, was at an all-time high this year at 1,174 students across 34 sections in the Fall 2025 ...

Researchers tested a research-based intervention with English learners with math difficulty. The intervention proved to boost comprehension and help students synthesize and visualize information, ...

When a second-grader consistently gives the wrong answer on a basic math quiz, educators usually assume the student just isn’t good with numbers. The standard solution for these struggling students ...

A California economics professor is sounding the alarm on the “deficits in learning” she is seeing in the classroom, arguing that the decision to scrap standardized testing in the name of “inclusivity ...