Children who attend preschool do better in kindergarten than those who stay at home with their parents or relatives, according to a national report. The federal data, which focused on children who ...

When the city of Boston launched its universal preschool program 10 years ago, educators searched for ways to teach young kids math in an age-appropriate, but rigorous way.

Teaching preschool children simple math-related vocabulary and concepts, such as "more," "a lot," "some" and "fewer," improves their mathematical skills, according to a new a study from Purdue ...

Most parents know how important it is to expose young children to letters, words and books. But math? Not so much. A new study has found many parents underestimate their child’s math ability, missing ...

Teachers can get kids comfortable with math concepts by using numeracy-focused vocabulary in everyday classroom activities.

Alarmingly, this achievement gap in math skills is already evident by the time children enter kindergarten, ... Early math abilities also correlate with broader cognitive skills, as kids with stronger ...

The field of math education is cluttered with bad and untested ideas. The Gates Foundation is spending more than a billion dollars to try to find a way forward.

Throughout the preschool years, children's early numeracy skills were lower if their parents were more anxious about math. And children with lower math skills in their early years still had lower ...

According to an anonymous parent in the piece, über goal-oriented parents of means are enrolling their kids in Russian Math, which is “a trend now among preschool parents who’ve heard that ...

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