Stamford native Jerry Zezima writes a humor column for Tribune News Service and is the author of seven books. His latest is ...

Focus.” He wrote another large integer on the whiteboard. “What if I give you something like this? Any volunteers?” Eighth grade algebra teacher Rick Riccio helps students with a problem at Braham ...

she was placed in algebra 1. She’d already passed it in eighth grade but, due to the pandemic, hadn’t taken the Regents exam necessary to move on to geometry. I didn’t think it was a problem. My ...

Please view our affiliate disclosure. The way we approach education, particularly in mathematics, has changed a lot over the past few years. As students face increasingly complex math problems, ...

Third grade was a long time ago, and many of us have forgotten even the most basic of principles. Fortunately, they’re pretty ...

An Eisenhower Elementary/Middle School student is among the top 10% of students competing in a recent national math ...

This story about eighth grade algebra was produced by The Hechinger ... Riccio put up another problem and asked whether anyone else wanted to try. Ten hands shot up. “It’s nice when these ...

About half of parents surveyed say their child is doing well in math, but that drops among lower-income families.

The lawsuit claims that the district’s ninth grade math placement is based only on the student’s eighth grade math class results, despite the district stating that it considers more factors.

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