But in many cases, that evidence is in short supply. The edtech website EdSurge, for example, includes over 150 math learning solutions in its elementary school product directory.

While he recognized some benefits in Illustrative Math’s curriculum, he called for more teacher autonomy in practice. “The lessons are just not realistic,” said Wong.

While school districts around the country debate whether to ban generative AI, some math and computer science teachers are optimistic that the tools could have a positive impact in their classrooms.

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A new survey by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation shows parents and teachers are unsatisfied with the way math is taught today.

Teachers explain how creative math lessons can spring from students' surrounding environments and culture such as the cost of the Thanksgiving meal and the search for "math selfies." ...

As the math lesson winds down in Wu’s first-grade class, a social-studies lesson is starting up nearby in Kathy Ritzer’s Spanish-English kindergarten class.