Say what you will about the universality of numbers and symbols; I’d politely argue that it does not follow that mathematics is a universal language. The problem for many struggling math students is ...

As teacher David Ramirez strode around his 7th-grade classroom at Oakland’s Urban Promise Academy, he was taking on a central challenge of the new Common Core standards: how to ensure that students ...

This post is by Monica Alatorre, Senior Manager for Development & Communications at Envision Education. The scene: A typical traditional math class in America. The players: A student who is an English ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Teaching preschool children simple math-related vocabulary and concepts, such as "more," "a lot," "some" and "fewer," improves their mathematical skills, according to a new a ...

Young children have a surprising capacity to learn math from their surroundings. It doesn’t take much, and they hear and use math language all the time without realizing it. When they ask for snacks, ...

Rob Manning / OPB Researchers at the New America think tank have named Portland's David Douglas School District a national model for language instruction. "The David Douglas instructional shift that ...

Ever thought your language-learning app could teach you math and music, too? Language-learning giant Duolingo (NASDAQ: DUOL) is running with that idea on the very eve of a Street-stumping earnings ...

The Duolingo math app will cover basic third and fourth grade level mathematics, including multiplication, division, fractions, angles, and area measurements. A Duolingo language lesson looks more ...

If math or linguistics came easily to you, school was probably a far more enjoyable experience for you than others. After all, these two types of intelligence are the primary focus of our educational ...

The decision to incorporate math and music into the main app rather than developing separate platforms is rooted in a strategy to leverage Duolingo's established user base and successful gamification ...

Wisconsin state test scores released Thursday confirmed significant academic declines and persisting gaps during the pandemic, with some glimmers of progress in the last school year. On math and ...

West Virginia University’s tagline is “Mountaineers go first.” In 2016, it became the state’s only "R-I" university—a prestigious label reserved for those with “very high research activity” in the ...