“Because we do so much multi-step problem solving, and we’re doing two-step word problems, if they’re spending 10-15 minutes trying to figure out what 9x7 is, they’re doing a lot of extra work, or ...

Alabama’s fourth graders continue to buck national trends and improve in reading and math skills, according to new data released Wednesday. The state, once considered dead last in the nation in math ...

For the first time in 25 years, math scores dropped among fourth and eighth grade students taking the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) by two and three points respectively. Every two ...

In DeKalb County, Ala., elementary school math classes have gotten noisy. In a good way. Instead of worksheets and textbooks, children practice adding and subtracting with tiny toy bears. They ...