Math is a hierarchical field, building sequentially on prior concepts. Likewise, math standards in each grade presume that ...

With the school year winding down, 2nd graders need a learning plan that feels less like homework and more like a new game level. By combining IXL's adaptive math and language arts skills with the ...

Based on a 2026 survey, this report highlights challenges that students have in math as they move from early grades to ...

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 Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Amid the growing ...

If you're planning home-schooling or remote learning this fall, you may be wondering, what does my child really need to know? If you're embarking on an entire year of education at home, you'll want to ...

In fourth grade, students focus most on using all four operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division - to solve multi-step word problems involving multi-digit numbers. Fourth-grade ...

A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district ...

As the 2025-2026 school year winds down, OCPS 8th graders are facing a critical juncture: mastering systems of equations and cube roots, two concepts that often determine success in high school ...

We teach the wrong math, tested in the wrong way, writes Ted Dintersmith.