A newly-revised math curriculum will be implemented in schools provincewide starting in September. During the summer, the province will offer professional development opportunities for teachers.

Can we all just finally admit, please, what has been obvious to many parents for years? Flaky learning strategies like “discovery math” just don’t work. It’s time to get rid of them and go back to ...

We know the struggle with mathematics—for both teachers and students—all too well. Students’ math scores, as per the “Nation’s Report Card,” have plunged to record lows. Misconceptions in early grades ...

Dyscalculia is a severe and persistent learning disability in math that affects about 5 to 8 percent of school-age children. Due to its impact on students’ ability to learn and retain basic math facts ...

Here’s to the Vancouver Island mother who is circulating a petition challenging the Education Ministry for abandoning old-school mathematics for newfangled math “concepts” in elementary classrooms.

Before the Bank of Canada got rid of the penny, I sometimes drove store checkout clerks mad by paying with extra dimes, nickels and pennies so I would get quarters as change. I never meant to be a ...

A mom in Calmar is celebrating after the province announced school kids will again learn basic math facts in the classroom. Petition calls for back to basics math in Alberta schools Math teacher ...

How would you chart a course for math studies? I've read in various places that you can possibly self-teach yourself math from just dover books and schaum's outlines, Background: I've got a formal ...