Speak positively about math and reward effort rather than grades or ability. Think about how important reading is and how we are told to model this behavior for our children. We need to place math in ...

The Common Core State Standards in reading and math have generated lots of attention and controversy, but what do they look and sound like in a classroom? Michigan Radio's Sarah Alvarez offers a peek ...

I’ll be the first to admit that math isn’t my strongest subject. I’d even go as far as saying I’m pretty much innumerate (illiterate but for numbers – not a real word but go with it.) With that being ...

Researchers report that children express the stereotype that mathematics is for boys, not for girls, as early as second grade, before gender differences in math achievement emerge. Children express ...

From the moment our children are born, we’ve watched them grow and change right before our eyes. In the first year of life, babies change and develop very rapidly. By the time they are 3 or 4 years ...

Early in the second grade curriculum in Virginia, children are introduced to the basics of inequalities: 1 2, 4>3 and so forth. I asked my second-grader the other day if these were difficult concepts ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from JumpStart Math for Second Graders JumpStart Math for Second Graders, originally known as JumpStart 2nd Grade Math, is a game released in 1997 that focuses ...

Update: After waiting on the edge of our seats, Ayla's math teacher finally revealed the answer to the question that left parents scratching their heads: 42.5. And if that doesn't seem right to you ...