It’s common for many students to struggle with math -- and for parents and caregivers to not be sure how to help. The Education Reporting Collaborative, which includes journalists from AL.com’s ...

Learning math takes effort and can even feel uncomfortable, but moments of struggle and mistakes are part of the process. Research shows that productive struggle in math leads to better learning. But ...

Struggling to help your child with their homework? The older they get, the more difficult the assignments become, and for many people, math is the hardest subject to tackle. If just thinking about how ...

DERRY — It's no secret that math can be a trying subject for students. Even the teachers will come out and admit it. “We try to do what we can to help our kids be successful,” said Lee Dailing, ...

Clarissa A. Thompson receives funding from the U.S. Department of Education (Institute of Education Sciences). Marta Mielicki receives funding from the U.S. Department of Education (Institute of ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Deidre Kelly. It has been edited for length and clarity. This is my 14th year teaching sixth-grade math, and I enjoy it just as much as I did when ...