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John Bald is a former Ofsted inspector and has written two books on the history of writing and spelling. He is Chairman of the Conservative Education Society. We like to think that information travels ...

From teaching multiplication tables to coaching calculus, if you can explain math, RSVP can match you with students who need your help – from home. RSVP’s My Free Tutor virtual math program currently ...

Discovery math has been dealt another blow, with Ontario's Education Minister departing from her province's curriculum guidelines and declaring that she expects school children to have a more solid ...

Not knowing their multiplication tables can really slow children's mathematical progress once they get to secondary school. Everyone knows it's all about practice, and this can get tiresome. So how to ...

Synchronised voices of students memorising multiplication tables will mark the morning assembly and the concluding minutes at the schools from now onwards. The revival of the elapsed practice has been ...

While many Edmonton elementary students will be be taking time off from school work this summer, Jacquelyn Vandenborne’s daughter, Anneke Oosterhuis, will be spending her morning learning ...

Primary schools which fail to teach times tables by heart are condemning children to a lifetime struggling with numbers, inspectors have warned. A study published by Ofsted, the schools watchdog, says ...