A leading educator has weighed in on the debate surrounding a seemingly impossible math problem allegedly set as homework for a 5th grader in the U.S. The math question first came to light after a ...

It’s an opportunity to walk alongside them as they commit to the work of learning. By Saul Austerlitz My kids call me the homework villain. Every school-day afternoon, my two sons — the older is ...

A six-year-old girl has been praised for thinking outside the box on her math homework. In a post shared to Reddit by her doting dad, who asked to be referred to as simply Nick from Long Island, New ...

I’ll be the first to admit that math isn’t my strongest subject. I’d even go as far as saying I’m pretty much innumerate (illiterate but for numbers – not a real word but go with it.) With that being ...

The issue of assigning homework is controversial in terms of its purpose, what to assign, the amount of time needed to complete it, parental involvement, its actual affect on learning and achievement, ...

An Iowa woman jokingly calls it "Satan's handiwork." A California mom says she's broken down in tears. A Pennsylvania parent says it "makes my blood boil." What could be so horrible? Grade-school math ...

Student work posted in an elementary school before the pandemic shows the “partial product” method of solving a multiplication problem, one of many methods students have learned with Common Core.