Math

In the best of circumstances, middle school math is uniquely difficult.

Appreciation for Pi Day, and for the subject geometry in general, could go much deeper than sampling pie flavors and memorizing numbers.

It’s puzzling to see the white mothers of Parents Defending Education lodging a complaint against school districts for administering The Calculus Project.

From assessment choices to shifting mindsets around mistakes, teachers are making strides in improving middle school math achievement with innovative strategies.

While access to college-level African American studies can be an enriching experience, I’m more concerned about students getting the fundamentals.

Black students go through their entire K-12 schooling learning about mathematical theorems, formulas and algorithms but never learn that their ancestors in Kemet were the originators of mathematical reasoning.

As parents, teachers or mentors, we need to help kids know that it’s not only okay to get stuck, but that’s part of the deal. To struggle is to learn.

As a math teacher, there have been many times where I’ve found my instruction to be contradictory to how I believe children should learn math.

Too often, we teach math without helping students build this kind of rich, background knowledge and without sharing compelling stories of how math has been used across cultures.