Experts agree: Elementary teachers need to have a strong foundation in math. But teacher-preparation programs don’t always dedicate much time to elementary math coursework. That’s starting to change, ...

Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...

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. A few years ago, ...

Corey Webel hopes he won't hear future generations of adults utter the words: "Don't make me do math." Webel directs the elementary math specialist program at the University of Missouri, starting its ...

A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that only one in eight elementary teacher preparation programs nationwide devote enough time to teaching fundamental math content ...

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Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation, Vol. 33, No. 1 (2010), pp. 228-255 (28 pages) Teachers' understanding of the elementary school mathematics curriculum forms part, but ...

T ROY, Ala. (WSFA) - For the first time in more than two decades, Susan Davis started off the school year in a new role. This ...

December 4, 2025 - A new literacy intervention program is being rolled out in San Diego, Alameda, San Mateo and Riverside counties, to help teenagers in juvenile detention grasp the basics of reading.

Naomi Brandstetter, a fifth-grade student at Jefferson-Morgan Elementary School, had a long list of reasons Monday why Maddie ...

As teacher David Ramirez strode around his 7th-grade classroom at Oakland’s Urban Promise Academy, he was taking on a central challenge of the new Common Core standards: how to ensure that students ...

Jennifer Ishee called teachers and their students outside to make the surprise as big as possible for Golden Apple Award Winner Sixth Grade Math Teacher, Shelly Tucker.