Organizational strategies that help students break complex word problems into manageable chunks may be the key to solving them, according to a 2025 study.

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

Seventh-grade teachers across the tri-city area are inspiring middle schoolers to engage in subjects such as history, math ...

Amy Banks, a teacher at the Woodbury School in Salem, New Hampshire, is off the job after a video of her using the n-word began circulating on social media in September 2024 (Salem School District) ...