Here's how you can help your preschooler master the basics of math outside of the classroom. Ask your child to compare different groups of items, such as carrot sticks and apple slices, and to tell ...

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Illustrative Mathematics was established in 2011 at the University of Arizona as a means to assist schools in adopting the ...

A Vanderbilt University study has found math skills at an early age could be an indicator of future success in that child's life. But the type of math a pre-kindergarten student knows matters. The ...

A newly released study shows that Alabama students who attend the state’s First Class Pre-K program are more likely to be proficient in reading and math in later grades. The Alabama Department of ...

BOSTON (AP) — A new report says students will have more success in math and science if they are exposed to the subjects as early as pre-kindergarten. The Wheelock College’s Aspire Institute report ...

The Maryland State Board of Education has voted to change the way math is taught in the state. Under the plan approved by the board, math curricula in the state’s 24 public school systems would be ...

Since its launch in June, over 60,000 Kentuckians have written to their state legislators asking them to support the ...

For more than a year, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s campaign for free preschool has focused to a great extent on expanding enrollment at an unprecedented clip. On Tuesday, his team will push a new agenda for ...

The state’s old system judged pre-K programs on how their graduates did on a “readiness” test when they started kindergarten. Critics said that was unfair to schools that taught ...