Dylan Kane likes his math curriculum. But there’s one important piece missing, he says. The 7th grade math teacher in Leadville, Colo., uses a program that teaches math skills through real-world ...

To learn math, students must build a mental toolbox of facts and procedures needed for different problems. But students who can recall these foundational facts in isolation often struggle to use them ...

To the editor: The importance of math literacy cannot be overstated (“Math crisis began a decade ago and has only worsened, report says,” Sept. 23). The hidden gift of math is the development of ...

For many, the answer to that question comes quickly. A reading teacher who unlocked confidence. A history teacher who made the world feel larger. A coach who demanded more. Long after we forget ...