Kellen Hedler is actively engaged in his fourth-grade classroom: He raises his hand to correctly answer a math question, he reads prompts out loud for the class and he gathers with classmates to watch ...

When I was a new teacher, I wanted my students to see math not just as numbers and equations but as a tool to understand the world around them. My goal wasn’t for them to simply memorize formulas to ...

Students with disabilities who leave a traditional public school to enroll in a charter school experience improved academic ...

According to Teach Plus, a nonprofit education advocacy group, the statewide teacher shortage is more acute in special education, math and science and in underserved rural and urban areas. As of ...

Mathematics helps us make sense of our world by studying quantity, space, and change in our environment. Middle and high school math teachers help students recognize patterns and formulate ...

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...

With her head on a swivel, teacher Jazen Miranda watched eight kids take a seat on colored squares in front of the SMART ...