When "Elephant' toothpaste erupts from the science lab, history deals up Pokémon playing cards, and math bakes a batch of chocolate brownies, it might seem like chaos. Yet, a groundbreaking study by ...

New York students’ math scores lag the national average and have remained stagnant for many years, despite massive increases in per-pupil funding. In May, the New York State Department of Education ...

About 14 percent of teens who met the literacy and numeracy requirements last year used alternative standards.

The new plan does not mandate a certain way of teaching math. Instead, it encourages schools to shift away from rote ...

Policymakers are on the verge of a major education reform — early numeracy screening — that will prevent children falling behind in their mathematical learning. NAPLAN data confirms that one in three ...

When a hurricane is bearing down on a coastal city, emergency management officials are tasked with making life-and-death choices: Do they mandate that people leave the area? Which communities should ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Are you a numbers person? Britain’s inaugural National Numeracy Day next week has been set up with the aim of ...

Motivated reasoning denotes the phenomenon that human information processing is shaped by the individual’s motives, goals, and attitudes instead of being rational and objective 7,8. That is, “people ...

The first panel was separated into two sections, each followed by a brief discussion section. It began with a presentation defining the concept of numeracy by Lynda Ginsburg, an educational researcher ...

Mathematics is a fundamental part of the school curriculum. A strong foundation in maths is essential for success in many other subjects, including science, engineering, economics, and computer ...