Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

If Ms. Smith’s 8th grade algebra class works through 10 word problems in an hour, and Ms. Jones’ class works through 10 equation problems during the same time, which class is likely to learn more math ...

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Anthony Urrutia is not your typical coach. As he tossed the football back and forth with Abel Jaramillo at Larurene Edmondson Elementary School last week, he quizzed the 10-year-old on his spelling ...

These two programs from Knowledge Adventure provide effective after-school practice for kids in grades 1 through 5 who need help with math or spelling. In Spelling Bee, kids capture fish and other sea ...