Many high-achieving students experience math anxiety at a young age — a problem that can follow them throughout their lives, new research at the University of Chicago shows. In a study of first- and ...

Here's how you can help your first-grader master the basics of math outside of the classroom.

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This first-grade math problem has stumped an MIT grad and most of Twitter.

When Bill Horkan, a talented teacher I know, thinks about the national debate over how to improve math instruction, he imagines getting students ready for algebra as early as first grade. “Some ...