At a special meeting last week, the Hinsdale High School District 86 School Board reversed plans to implement a new math curriculum beginning in the fall of 2022. The math curriculum was a hot-button ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. This blog was updated on June 24, 2026 to clarify a statistic ...

Blacks don’t do as well as whites in math because they are disproportionately enrolled in schools that have adopted “integrated math.” The notion that children will do better in mathematics if they ...

Maryland may combine algebra and geometry courses for older students as part of a broader effort to improve performance in math across the state. A draft of the proposed policy shows that officials ...

About a year ago I wrote an article asking the question “Integrated Math: Is it working?” This is a follow-up to tell Ramona residents the answer to that question. In short the answer is a resounding ...

The debate over how to teach math in Georgia public schools has moved into local hands. And metro Atlanta’s biggest systems appear to be leaning in different directions. The state school board on ...

At Newton School Committee (NSC)’s meeting on Wednesday, Newton educators and parents established that it’s more than just homework and homerooms on their minds—it’s the future of math instruction and ...

This fall 9th-grade students in virtually all California high schools are taking math classes aligned with the Common Core standards. But for many of them there is an additional twist: they are ...

You’ll never find me in a math course in college. I never even took the placement test before heading off to school last year, because I’m dead set on avoiding math at all costs. In middle school, I ...

President Obama earlier this year announced a new initiative, “Computer Science for All,” to empower a generation of American students with the computing skills they need to thrive in a digital ...