Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

They found that students assigned to teachers who used more mathematical vocabulary in their lessons made greater progress ...

This is the third and final installment of coverage from the Teaching & Learning 2014 conference, hosted by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards this past Friday and Saturday. Here’s ...

Using words like ‘factors,’ ‘denominators’ and ‘multiples’ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices ...

Encourage your third-grader to talk about the math concepts that they are learning at school. Don’t just ask, “How was math today?” Instead, ask them to tell you about something your child learned in ...

Roughly 41% of Pittsburgh Public Schools' third-graders scored ‘proficient’ or ‘advanced’ on last year’s state exams. That’s ...

Students in Jacqueline Echeverria Cab’s third-grade class at Flowery Elementary School are riding high after being named the ...

In Boston public schools, 3, 4 and 5-year-olds are getting their first introduction to math. Before they walk through the kindergarten door, the “Building Blocks” curriculum is designed to encourage ...

In DeKalb County, Ala., elementary school math classes have gotten noisy. In a good way. Instead of worksheets and textbooks, children practice adding and subtracting with tiny toy bears. They ...

The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing agreed this week to create a new teaching credential for pre-kindergarten through third grade that will require teacher candidates to show they are ...