Teaching math in elementary school can make parents’ heads spin, but there are good reasons for the new methods and why it works for kids.

Math can be frustrating for students, parents and teachers. Our reporters want to hear about your math homework. Are there worksheets that have you stumped? Have you ever had an assignment that you ...

Math. It’s been known to make palms sweat and hearts race. Plenty of Kern County residents — students and parents especially — know how it feels to need a little extra help with the day’s math ...

I had a teacher conference today and met with most of my daughter's instructors and discussed her progress with them. The math teacher (8th grade Algebra II) decided to skip the meeting because he ...

This is why parents get frustrated with their kids' math homework, and why kids may end up thinking they are not "math people." ...

When it comes to adolescents with math and science homework, more isn't necessarily better -- an hour a day is optimal -- but doing it alone and regularly produces the biggest knowledge gain ...

If you're a parent of a certain age, your kids' homework can be confounding. Blame it on changes in the way children are taught math these days — which can make you feel like you're not very ...

The issue of assigning homework is controversial in terms of its purpose, what to assign, the amount of time needed to complete it, parental involvement, its actual affect on learning and achievement, ...