Math vocabulary alone isn’t a silver bullet—but research shows it’s linked to stronger academic achievement when paired with expert teaching practices.

When the latest national achievement scores come out, people want to look at the change since the last time. Are things going up or down? But that short-term focus on the averages loses sight of ...

Seconds after the Mountain West revealed its long-awaited media rights deal Tuesday morning — actually, it was more like nanoseconds — comparisons to the Pac-12’s media agreement commenced. Are the ...

At the beginning of the school year, Milton Elementary-Middle math teacher Annette Bodin gives her third grade students an eraser with their name on it. They read “The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes” ...

Most of us spent years in school learning algebra, memorizing historical dates, and writing essays, but when it comes to managing money, we were left to figure things out on our own. The truth is, ...

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Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...

Being back home during the holidays brought back many profound memories and lessons. I was raised on our 200-acre cattle/swine/tobacco farm that remains in my family to this day. That land was not ...

Just a few weeks ago, Penn State football was three games under .500 and at risk of a losing season for the first time since 2020. But on a frigid Saturday afternoon inside Yankee Stadium, the Nittany ...

Recently, I shared some positive news with a few friends and family members. Nothing flashy. Just a quiet milestone, one of those moments that only matters if you’ve been in the trenches of building ...

Three leading public health and social psychology experts warn that the U.K. is failing to apply vital lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic as flu cases surge with hospitals facing mounting winter ...

If math was never your strongest subject, take a number. But veteran teacher Courtney Phillips discovered math is hidden in an ancient game. In 20 years as a 4th grade teacher, she observed that math ...