The article was updated on July 13 to add to Linda Darling-Hammond's remarks on algebra acceleration. With unanimity and generally high praise on Wednesday, the State Board of Education passed the new ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. PISA scores reveal deep problems in how the United States ...

About seven years ago, some friends who had high school-age children urged me to attend a meeting to discuss our district’s math curriculum, called College Preparatory Math (CPM). Until then I hadn’t ...

I once asked a colleague if he’d read a particular book. “Read it?” he replied incredulously. “I haven’t even taught it!” A former college English professor, he came by the joke honestly. The first ...

One of the biggest barriers for secondary English learners in math is not computation, but language. The subject’s complex ...

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Acknowledging that sometimes math isn't always the most riveting of subjects, a 7th-grade teacher recently got her students' attention by changing her lesson plan to be all things Beyoncé-oriented.

In its “State of the States” report on math instruction published last week, the National Council on Teacher Quality sharply criticized California and many of its teacher certification programs for ...

We teach the wrong math, tested in the wrong way, writes Ted Dintersmith.