As students across the country make the gradual return to in-person classes, teachers have looked to new digital platforms to help combat learning loss and narrow growing achievement gaps in early ...

A large body of research evidence suggests that strong math skills in young children are a powerful predictor of future academic success. But early-childhood educators—the professionals who are ...

It is just as natural for young children to think mathematically about their world as it is for them to use language. They develop mathematical knowledge as they manipulate objects and reason about ...

Statistics lessons aren’t just for math class anymore, and early-education experts are finding new reasons and ways to incorporate these topics in the early grades. “All students should be taught at ...

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Though many consider teaching math to young children to be unnecessary or inappropriate at this stage in their educational development, research shows that as early as infancy, children start to think ...

A curriculum Teaching young children mathematics is more than a collection of activities; it needs to be coherent, focused on important concepts and skills, accommodate a range of learners, and ...

Claire Madden, a math education specialist for Milwaukee schools, shows teachers different methods of subtracting two-digit numbers. Credit: Abby J. McFarland for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

WASHINGTON -- To ensure that all children enter elementary school with the foundation they need for success, a major national initiative is needed to improve early childhood mathematics education, ...

ENID, Okla. — Students sitting on their colored carpet squares in Shawna Tanner’s pre-K classroom moved their way through a math lesson Thursday with an arts integration instructor from Washington, ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. In education circles, early literacy — such as ensuring all children are reading by ...