Newport-Mesa Unified School District trustees unanimously signed off Tuesday on new math materials for grades six through eight, replacing Swun Math for sixth-graders. Teachers and parents have long ...

When Bonneville Joint School District 93 adopts a new kindergarten- through sixth-grade math curriculum this fall, about one-third of its elementary school teachers will have a jump-start in how best ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Sixth grade can ...

The average American parent’s science and math knowledge taps out around the sixth-grade level, according to new research. When asked to estimate the grade they’d be placed into for both math and ...

Algebra preparedness, lower costs and a "parent friendly" curriculum are factoring into Central Dauphin School District's decision to possibly change the sixth-grade math curriculum. Glencoe Math is ...

Re “Dismal student test scores deserve boos, not cheers” (Oct. 17): I taught sixth-grade math for 24 years and found that the biggest impediment to teaching at that level was that so many students had ...