I was very intrigued by this article in the New York Times in October. Dr. Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist, describes a very...

Were you also addicted to Wordle for a while? Or maybe you still are? I like puzzles a lot and I was definitely hooked on Wordle for a...

Did you once struggle with subtraction when there was a lot of borrowing involved, especially when there were multiple zeros in the first...

Quick! What's 17% of 50? What if I told you it's the same as 50% of 17? Many of us were taught that to find 17% of 50, we need to convert...

These results came out about two weeks ago and the reporters were expressing doom and gloom for our children. As stated in this New York...

The school year has started in some states and will start soon in others. If you're a parent who knows your child can benefit from some...

I love magic! I admit it. I can watch a magician for hours and feel like a kid, mesmerized and wanting to know how the trick worked....

algebra can be exciting! Algebra 1 can be exciting and fun for students because they start to feel very "mathematically mature" when...

As I was hiking the other day, I couldn't resist snapping this photo (below) for the exact purpose of asking others how they would solve...

(Note: This project uses 4th-, 5th-, and 6th-grade common core math standards.) I think all math teachers at some point have heard a...

I've seen it all too often. Kids begin to grasp concepts in math during the school year, then return to school after the summer break and...