Want to help your sixth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your sixth-grader will be learning in the classroom. In a herd of horses, the ratio of legs to tails is 4 to 1 (or 4:1) because ...

KPRC2 is embedded at Fleming Middle School for a second year to document the impact of the new education system. In this week’s Focus on Fleming, KPRC 2 anchor Candace Burns checked in with Mrs.

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- "Math just comes naturally," said 12-year-old Anthony Wang. "Fractions, algebra, decimals, percents, it helps me build skills." The 6th-grade student at St.

More years ago than I now care to remember (hint: L.B.J. was President), I was busily hurrying to complete a 6th grade math test. Why I was so frenzied that I eschewed all traditional forms of copy ...

Did you know that only about 1 in 3 American fourth-graders are proficient in reading? By fourth grade, if children can't read at grade level, they're unlikely to ever catch up. In math the average ...

For districts aiming to increase the number of students taking Algebra 1 before high school, a key policy lever could be pulled earlier—when students are just entering middle school. When the Dallas ...

The future of math education will begin with the divorce of a very long-term marriage between math learning and grade-level instruction. “The Future of Math,” my chapter in School Rethink 2.0, ...