CONCORD, N.H. (CBS/AP) — Senators have passed a bill requiring public schools to continue teaching cursive and multiplication tables. The bill is aimed at making sure schools maintain those skills as ...

This is regarding the May 5 Generation Z(eal) column “Young Americans are bad at math and it’s a growing problem.” In 1999, my wife and I were at our fifth grade child’s parent-teacher conference at a ...

Your youngster can learn that multiplication is actually just a method of repeatedly adding multiple groups of the same number by using objects like blocks and small toys.

ARE ON BOARD. IT’S A HOT TOPIC AMONG ADULTS IN MANCHESTER. THINK IT’S REDUNDANT, THINK IT’S A GREAT IDEA. SHOULD STUDENTS STILL LEARN CURSIVE AND MEMORIZE MULTIPLICATION TABLES? I MEAN, THINK THAT’S ...

After assisting your kid in writing the ten times table, ask them if they see any patterns. They ought to be able to observe that a number multiplied by 10 looks like itself except with a zero at the ...

John Bald is a former Ofsted inspector and has written two books on the history of writing and spelling. He is Chairman of the Conservative Education Society. We like to think that information travels ...

Discovery math has been dealt another blow, with Ontario's Education Minister departing from her province's curriculum guidelines and declaring that she expects school children to have a more solid ...

Primary schools which fail to teach times tables by heart are condemning children to a lifetime struggling with numbers, inspectors have warned. A study published by Ofsted, the schools watchdog, says ...

A math teacher Pennsylvania might want to switch to music instruction after he was filmed using a catchy Taylor Swift song to teach students mathematics. Mr. C decided to use the lyrics to Taylor ...

New Hampshire senators have passed a bill that would require public schools to continue teaching cursive and multiplication tables. The bill is aimed at making sure schools maintain those skills as ...