A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

Timed math fluency exercises—in which students are asked to solve a certain number of problems within a minute or two—do not appear to exacerbate students’ math anxiety, new research finds. The study, ...

May 21, 2026 - Jair Solis became his family’s first-ever college graduate, a milestone that had felt out of reach because of the long-lasting fallout from his dad’s detention. Math is the sum of its ...