Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

Local math teacher drops new rap video to help students master the subject He's back with another math rap. That Math Magician, also known as Jordan Orosco, a geometry teacher at Deer Valley High ...

We have a story now about a teacher who used to struggle to find ways for his students to like math. But Thomas Mayfield found a way through music. And as NPR's Mia Estrada reports, now Mayfield is ...

Teachers can help ease the anxiety that many students feel with these strategies for creating joyful learning experiences.

Almost three-quarters of high school students think that they can be good at math if they work hard, but fewer say they follow through with that effort when the work gets challenging, according to a ...

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 ...