Montgomery Co. Public Libraries announces new math tutoring program

Montgomery County Public Libraries says its pilot math tutoring program aims to improve math proficiency across the county ...
Science Daily

Are you smarter than a 5-year-old? Preschoolers can do algebra

Millions of high school and college algebra students are united in a shared agony over solving for x and y, and for those to whom the answers don't come easily, it gets worse: Most preschoolers and ...
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Pa lawmaker proposes return to ‘basic math’ in schools

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — Struggling with algebra, trigonometry or calculus? One senator wants to return to “basic math” in Pennsylvania schools. In a memo circulated by Sen. Michele Brooks (R-Crawford ...

California math scores are far below grade level. This screener will test students’ skills early

If Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the bill, schools would give the first assessments in 2028. He has until the end of September to ...
Education Week

Is Math Teacher-Prep Not Teaching Enough of the Basics?

Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...
Hoodline

Pennsylvania Senator Wants Math Class to Ditch Common Core for Basics

Brooks is circulating a co-sponsorship memorandum for the draft legislation, according to Times Observer, formally titled Getting “Back to Basics” With Math and circulated on August 28, per PAlegis.us ...