mathematics

The list was compiled after a ten-week listening tour with students, teachers and parents across the state.

Democratic State Sen. Gary Farmer talks about his own party’s current shortcomings. A Florida educator who teaches future teachers has something to say about the state’s education policies. Plus, we talk with the publisher of Islandia Journal about extinct species and hidden Florida history.

Brain scans of 104 boys and girls doing basic math tasks found no gender differences. The finding adds to the evidence that boys and girls start out with equal ability in math.

Early-career middle school math teachers in Palm Beach County are beginning an intensive, two-year training program, with the goal of improving…

Kids and grown-ups can both experience anxiety when it comes to math. One college professor has an assignment to help banish the dread.

It’s family game night at Davis Elementary School in Clearwater, but there's not a Monopoly board or a Jenga block in sight. Instead, kids and parents are…

Pi is an introduction to the extraordinary mystery of math, say some. Others say pi is not special and needs to be reformed.

08/17/15 - Monday’s Topical Currents addresses higher education, and the acronym of “STEM”: That’s Science, Technology, Engineering and…

Florida just completed the first year of one of the biggest experiments in U.S. education.For the first time this year, every grade in every public school…

At dinner tables across Florida, parents and their elementary school children are trying to solve a math problem: What’s going on with my kid’s…

A new study is focusing on what works best to prepare kids for school. Math may be what really counts, say researchers; one of them describes it as "a lever to improve outcomes for kids longer term."

We're taking this week to help parents and students understand the new Florida Standards Assessments, which students will take for the first time…