In Dan Goldfield’s high school math class, students don’t learn about large numbers by staring at a whiteboard and copying zeros. They go to a beach and count grains of sand. “Some of them start by ...

Second and third grade teachers assist students recently in measuring the soccer field at Meroby Elementary School in Mexico. The outdoor math lessons are part of a pilot project by elementary ...

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BETHEL -- Distance equals rate times time -- D=(R)(T) -- a seventh-grade math equation that on a worksheet in a classroom looks and sounds a bit dull. But take it outside with a police officer, a car ...

After a long winter in the classroom, even the most dedicated students (and teachers) are gazing out the window, wishing they were outside in the sun. With summer break just around the corner, I find ...