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It’s a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think it’s because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Procedural, boring and, in some cases, ...

For decades, educators have assumed that learning arithmetic in school helps students solve real-world problems. Yet, a new ...

A nontraditional teaching strategy is also helping teens at the southern Utah school connect with their fellow classmates.

Zachary Champagne’s 3rd and 4th graders figure out early on that this math class will be different when their teacher tells them: “I don’t care about the answer.” The goal is to shift his elementary ...