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Juggling numbers isn’t everyone’s forte—even though math manages to sneak its way into our everyday lives. Fortunately, these easy-to-remember math tricks will be your best friend next time you’re ...

Q: Our 10-year-old son has struggled with math at school and complains about it a lot at home. We worry that our daughter, a third-grader, is picking up from him the idea that math is hard and boring.

Especially in light of the filmed police shootings of African Americans this year, more attention is being paid by educators toward culturally responsive teaching. It might be a bit more obvious about ...

It’s no shocker that Harry and Hermione would know that 4 – 1 = 3. But what if I told you that this Harry and Hermione aren’t characters in Harry Potter stories — they’re stingrays. And they can still ...

Elections are all about numbers, sometimes hinging on miniscule percentage-point differences in turnouts. Math teacher Alison Strole’s middle school students know this better than your average ...

Even the best math teachers have had students who ace the chapter tests just to go on and struggle with that same content on the final exam—or students who have a hard time grasping more advanced ...