Here’s a sample New Standards math task for a fourth-grader: Your older cousin has a list of school supplies he needs to start the school year. He has $20 to spend and needs to buy these supplies: ...

Teachers can use these tools to promote discussions and help students move from concrete to abstract understanding of concepts.

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About 10 years ago, Alan Garfinkel, a professor in the life sciences department at the University of California, Los Angeles, got a call. It was from his dean, who said that the department had ...

Update: After this story originally ran, the Florida education department issued several screenshots of “problematic examples” in the textbooks. “These examples do not represent an exhaustive list of ...

A blend of family attitudes, cultural ideas, and frustration often lead students to believe that math ability is a fixed trait like eye color, teachers say. They believe they are either born with the ...