Want to help your eighth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Understand rational and irrational numbers. Know that a rational number can be ...

Sports provide an engaging way of exploring a host of mathematical concepts. Any hard-core baseball fan knows that the game can’t truly be appreciated without an understanding of some essential ...

Stephanie Brunner, second from right, works with Conner Crutchfield, Bryant Robertson and Alyssa Simmonds, left to right, during an 8th grade math class on Tuesday at Willowcreek Middle School in Lehi ...

Katie Kenahan is the Riverside Middle School math department coordinator and an 8th grade teacher in East Providence, R.I.: It was around 1:45 p.m. on March 13th, and we had just finished celebrating ...

Algebra is considered the gateway to advanced mathematics, and school districts across the country have hoped to diversify access to college-preparatory math by increasing the number of students who ...

In Gilroy Prep’s eighth-grade math class, there are no quiet rows of orderly desks facing an instructor. Instead, the room feels less like a classroom and more like the floor of a stock exchange, with ...