Elementary math teacher Margie Howells teaches a 5th grade class at Wheeling Country Day School in Wheeling, W.V., on Sept. 5, 2023. A new survey of U.S. adults finds that they don't agree on the ...

One day in late October, while he covers for fifth-grade teacher Ms. Mary Hejnal, he gives students Raymond and Tristen multiplication fact worksheets – just to drill their math facts.

The fifth-grade class is assembling a 600-piece jigsaw puzzle. They started yesterday and put together 100 pieces – just one-sixth ( 1⁄6 ) of the puzzle. Today, they put together 400 pieces.