Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. PISA scores reveal deep problems in how the United States ...

A national nonprofit that aims to improve math outcomes for students in pre-K-5 found there are four key elements to ...

Math education is rapidly changing. And while there are real headwinds with respect to math achievement, the new ideas and curricula that are emerging have the potential to power real progress for ...

Mathematics helps us make sense of our world by studying quantity, space, and change in our environment. Middle and high school math teachers help students recognize patterns and formulate ...

More than 900 students at UC San Diego needed catch-up math classes in the fall of 2025 compared to 32 five years earlier.

Math education outcomes in the United States have been unequal for decades. Learners in the top 10% socioeconomically tend to be about four grade levels ahead of learners in the bottom 10%—a statistic ...

A student’s mathematical education can help advance their future goals for daily life, education, and career, or this experience can pose a significant obstacle to their progress. A consensus ...

PHOENIX — Arizona’s performance when it comes to state policies for improving math education is unacceptable, according to a study released Tuesday. The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) ...

About a decade ago, leaders at the Kentucky Department of Education set out to develop guidelines for what quality math instruction should looked like in the state, convening educators from the ...

In education circles, early literacy — such as ensuring all children are reading by third grade — gets a lot of attention, and rightfully so. Early reading skills have been shown to have a profound ...

Fierce wars continue to rage around math instruction, but there are many practical changes we should make for mathematics students upon which most of us can probably agree, that could transform their ...

June 19, 1865, now commemorated as Juneteenth, is the day when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the emancipation of enslaved African Americans — more than two years after the ...