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Math for many is not a fun or easy subject, but the right teacher can change that. And one just did: A teacher on TikTok used a Morgan Wallen song to help her kiddos learn to count. It's not breaking ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Deidre Kelly. It has been edited for length and clarity. This is my 14th year teaching sixth-grade math, and I enjoy it just as much as I did when ...

After a year of distance learning, the range of skill levels in math class is very wide, with some students still learning concepts from several grades behind. That means teachers have to get creative ...

The six cupcakes, three large and three small, were alike and not alike. One pair was iced in chocolate and decorated in sprinkles. Another pair had sprinkles but was iced in vanilla. The third pair ...

Pi is undoubtedly the world's most popular irrational number. And that's because it's unequivocally cool — I mean, what other mathematical constant has its own day? On its face, pi is a simple concept ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Imagine 8th grade middle school students having so much fun solving Algebra problems that when the school bell rings, they can’t believe the class is over. Students at the Girls Prep ...

Who says education can't be a lot of fun? There's a growing movement in classrooms to play the KenKen arithmetic logic puzzles invented by a Japanese math teacher named Tetsuya Miyamoto. The game, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — When in-person learning was canceled for the remainder of the school year due to novel coronavirus concerns, Fulton High School math teacher Kimberly Callahan had to get ...