School & Teaching

A new study published today in the journal PLoS ONE reports that the precision with which preschoolers estimate quantities, pr...

On an Ottawa soccer field in late June, Lothar Wulf was watching his son’s competitive team lose badly. With few exceptions, the...

As the new school year begins and thoughts turn to subjects, studies and scores, many discussions recently have focused on math....

Why is it that for some children reading is a snap, but math is daunting?

About six years ago, Jo-Anne LeFevre, director of th...

Educators in the Canyons School District were concerned in the spring of 2010 when many of the district’s youngest students hadn...

If the words “slide rule” can still make you break out in a cold sweat, take heart. It doesn’t necessarily mean your child will...