Recent research has shown that early exposure to math education concepts, activities, ideas, and ‘math talk’ positively impacts later school achievement. Research has also shown that children’s early ...

Between 2019 and 2023, test scores for American fourth graders in math dropped by 18 points and scores for eighth graders ...

One of the main reasons for the improved scores is a change in the way teachers talk to their students about math, said officials at Robbins Elementary, the district’s one school. Starting last school ...