"International school math is behind Japan's, right?" This is something I'm often told when my child attends an international school ← based on my own researchActually, I had that impression too!

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

My first graders ended this school year asking for more math. I know—I am still surprised myself, not because I ever doubted my students (in my decade of teaching, that has never happened!), but ...

Don Raines and Nadya Maklary, first graders at Woodland Park Magnet, work on match questions. Woodland Park first grader Treasure Wilson works on math. Xavier Collins and Camari Hammitt work on first ...