CHICAGO (CBS) --Was math the one subject that simply didn't add up for you in school? Plenty of students struggle with mastering mathematics, but a new program is finding that starting early with a ...

On a recent morning in South Seattle, Kristin Alfonzo challenged her preschoolers to make the number 7 using beads strung across two rows of pipe cleaners. One 5-year-old boy slid four beads across ...

In the countless times preschool teacher Cecelia Blue-Ford has read “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” to her preschool students at Kellman Corporate Community Elementary School, she never saw the book ...

A group of California parents and preschool teachers are overcoming their fear of math and discovering new confidence to teach it to young children through an unexpected source: storybooks. A series ...

How can early-childhood educators best help children from low-income families succeed when it comes to learning math? Researchers from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ...

Two students in Danielle Adler’s kindergarten class at Marcus Hook Elementary School in Marcus Hook, Pa., prepare for an addition problem. Credit: Holly Korbey for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

Preschool children improve their math skills when their mothers talk to them about math during meal times. The new study by researchers at the University of Michigan and Pontificia Universidad ...

A large body of research evidence suggests that strong math skills in young children are a powerful predictor of future academic success. But early-childhood educators—the professionals who are ...

February 19, 2026 - Arizona State University wants Cal Grants for its California-based students, but California officials say its not eligible. Teaching math remotely to kids who might literally throw ...

Preschool children who engage in math activities at home with their parents not only improve their math skills, but also their general vocabulary, according to research from Purdue University.