As children learn basic arithmetic, they gradually switch from solving problems by counting on their fingers to pulling facts from memory. The shift comes more easily for some kids than for others, ...

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

Toronto, March 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Prodigy Education, global leaders in game-based learning, today launched a brand new way for teachers to make daily fact fluency practice even more engaging ...

As children make the transition from finger-counting to retrieving math facts from memory, their brains begin to change, according to a study published this week in Nature Neuroscience. The findings ...

April 16, 2026 - EdSource Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald explains how this election could reshape California schools. Math facts are single-digit calculations like 4+5=9 and 7×8=56 (“the times ...

Buoyed by their successful strategies for early literacy, California legislators and advocacy groups are calling for a parallel approach to math. This week, they proposed that all school districts be ...

One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page worksheets in addition, subtraction, ...

“Alina Gataullina, a math major, works with other students as they talk about mathematics in the undergraduate math lounge. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis)” Editor’s note: This story was originally ...