HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A mental math system developed in the 1800's is helping some local students ace standardized tests and win math competitions. But the method isn't taught in most Houston schools.

Come and pull up a chair in Deborah Harper’s senior-level math class, there are plenty to go around because the students don’t use them. Class starts with each student randomly drawing a card which ...

A new Math teaching method — Shanghai technique — is the new buzzword in arithmetic classrooms across the world with discussions raging over how to adopt the model locally. Educationists in Hyderabad ...

This post first appeared in Business Insider. The Common Core has come under fire by parents who say the new education standards make math needlessly complicated. Last week, the New York Times’ Motoko ...

Debbie Morgan smiles with pride when a previously underperforming British student gives a correct answer in class after learning math the Shanghai way. "Shanghai math embodies a belief that every ...

Jump Maths, already used in Canada and the UK, is about ensuring every child has the best chance of keeping up with the curriculum, writes Louise Holden ‘When I sat down with John Mighton at last year ...