For children who find math difficult or frustrating, or who just like to be challenged, there are many cool math games online to play for free. But are they useful? Research shows that the brain’s ...

Playing number board games for just ten minutes helps young children build strong early math skills supporting economic ...

I hated math as a child, so my parents bought me a computer game to help me enjoy math. It was called Super Solvers: Outnumbered! This game took me from hating math to fearing math. It is sadly the ...

This past spring, Dawne Coker found herself dressing up like her grandmother and baking cookies on camera, all for the sake of math. Coker, a K-5 instructional coach in Cumberland County schools in ...

My son came home from school one day a few months ago asking whether he could play yet another new video game a friend had told him about. This happens a couple of times a month—and often results in ...

University of Michigan Prof. Sarah Koch talked about the math behind the classic card game Spot it! in a Wednesday speaker ...

In Erin Bryan’s 5th grade math classroom, TGIF takes on a whole new meaning. Fridays don’t just herald the coming weekend. They’re also game days. “They all come in here on Fridays pumped,” said Bryan ...

EdSource · From a juvenile facility to a college dorm room This post was updated to clarify benefits of the program to Oakland Unified students. A growing number of students in Oakland Unified are ...