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Research over the past decade shows that the more parents talk about math to their children, the stronger math skills they had, according to The Hechinger Report. Researchers from the University of ...

It's widely accepted that teachers and parents shouldpraise the effort kids make --rather than praise their innate ability -- if they want their students and children to be successful. Similarly, a ...

A successful math initiative used in some elementary schools will expand to some middle schools. Houston Public Radio’s Capella Tucker reports some teachers in the Houston Independent School District ...

Linus and his older brother Jonah love playing store. Mom, Melissa, also a social scientist, is happy the boys are having fun and at the same time learning basic math. "I don't want them to see math ...

In the education world over the past few years, a lot of attention has been paid to phonics and balanced literacy and the ways in which reading instruction practices often don’t align with what we ...

Side view of mixte ethnicity school kids sitting on cushions and studying over books in a library at school against bookshelfs in background(Getty Images/iStockphoto ...