BRENTWOOD — Families joined Swasey Elementary School students in their classrooms last Thursday for an afternoon of math games. The friendly competition was the first of its kind at the school, ...

On October 1st, the announcement rings out: “It’s time to master those multiplication facts, everyone!” The goal? Memorize them all by Thanksgiving and never forget. But reality teaches us otherwise.

Prof. Emeritus Max S. Bell, an influential scholar of mathematics education who co-authored the widely-used curriculum Everyday Mathematics, died March 6. He was 90. A longtime professor at the ...