Last week, the Seattle School Board voted 4-3 to adopt a new elementary curriculum, Math in Focus. Parents and teachers had lobbied the district for years to use Math in Focus, described as “Singapore ...

BALTIMORE -- Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying ...

Editor’s Note: When her school showed declining math scores, Andi Webb, math coach at Alderman Road Elementary School in Fayetteville, NC, decided to implement Singapore math strategies to help ...

One recent morning, a class of fifth-graders at Liberty Elementary School in Lexington was gathered in front of a wall calendar, analyzing the day's date: Jan. 15. Led by probing questions from ...

Bill Turque at The Washington Post writes about one D.C. public school’s decision to adopt the Singapore Math program —and the many challenges that have come with it. Singapore Math, Turque explains, ...

UPDATE: May 18, 2017, 5:06 p.m. SGT Updated with the Ministry of Education's new statement. A math question apparently meant for 7-year-olds has left adults befuddled. The bonus math question -- which ...

Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying the word ...