I’m a big fan of photography. I’ve been doing it for years, and I know my way around a camera. But I can’t even count how many times, mostly when I was younger, a random man—always a man—stopped me ...

Think math is just about numbers and equations? Think again. According to a review analyzing 49 studies with 37,654 participants, reading comprehension has a significantly strong effect on students' ...

A simple finger trick for the 11 times table is helping secondary school students aged 12 to 16 improve mental arithmetic skills. By separating two-digit numbers, adding the digits, and inserting the ...

Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things worse ...

Washington has an urgent math problem. Nearly one in three students cannot demonstrate basic grade-level skills, and among low-income students it’s almost one in two. In a state that prides itself on ...

Breakthroughs in pure mathematics can take decades. A new Defense Department initiative aims to speed things up using artificial intelligence. By Alexander Nazaryan Artificial intelligence can write a ...

Jeffrey S. Solochek is an education reporter covering K-12 education policy and schools. Reach him at jsolochek@tampabay.com. DeSantis names former UF coach Urban Meyer to New College board• The ...

Unfortunately, people had some pretty horrific experiences. They revealed some of the cruelest, most disrespectful things their teachers ever did to them back in the day. Note: Some submissions ...

Comstock Park — Marshmallows, math and hot cocoa created the perfect equation for a little multiplication on a snowy Friday morning at Pine Island Elementary. Students in Rachel Haveman’s third-grade ...

A new proof about prime numbers illuminates the subtle relationship between addition and multiplication — and raises hopes for progress on the famous abc conjecture. One morning last November, the ...

Bushra Makyia, a 20-year math teaching veteran working in Morris Heights, has won a prestigious education award that comes with a $20,000 prize for her and $5,000 for her school. Makyia, originally ...