New research and educator initiatives highlight that children build lasting math fluency when conceptual understanding, purposeful practice, and playful, hands-on learning are integrated. Studies show ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Toronto, March 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prodigy Education, global leaders in game-based learning, today launched a ...

What's the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables, or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level? Educators have long debated the merits of these ...

April 16, 2026 - EdSource Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald explains how this election could reshape California schools. Math facts are single-digit calculations like 4+5=9 and 7×8=56 (“the times ...

Homeschooling math doesn’t have to mean endless worksheets—it can be hands-on, playful, and deeply engaging. From interactive games to real-life projects, families are finding creative ways to make ...

Figuring out a word problem. Calculating area and perimeter. Finding the measure of an unknown angle. All these tasks, and more, draw on an essential foundation of math knowledge, said Brian Bushart, ...

“Because we do so much multi-step problem solving, and we’re doing two-step word problems, if they’re spending 10-15 minutes trying to figure out what 9x7 is, they’re doing a lot of extra work, or ...

One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page worksheets in addition, subtraction, ...

The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress just painted a dismal picture of math performance in America’s schools, continuing to show more than a decade of stagnation.

Done well, frequent practice can help students gain both procedural fluency and conceptual understanding in math Source: Chris Liverani/Unsplash Should U.S. students be doing more math practice and ...