We spoke with Bethany Rittle-Johnson, an early-math researcher, at length about what math should look like for preschool students.

But as Bloch noted, Finland’s math performance is also near the top and its preschool enrollment is high, although its preschools focus more on play-based social and emotional development.

Seattle children start school less prepared in math than in reading. Brain research says we underestimate how much math kids that age can do.

A new study has found many parents underestimate their child’s math ability, missing out on early opportunities to build skills in preschool math.

Despite research showing the crucial importance of math at a preschool level for future academic success, preschool programs face significant obstacles in implementing an effective math program, ...

ASTON, Pa.— In Jodie Murphy’s kindergarten class, math lessons go beyond the basics of counting and recognizing numbers. On a recent morning, the children used plastic red and yellow dots for ...

A series of activities designed to teach math concepts inspired by children’s books are being piloted in Fresno as part of the California Statewide Early Math Initiative, which aims to improve how ...

What is the best way to help poor schoolchildren succeed at math? A study now sheds light on the ways preschool activities may -- or may not -- help children develop cognitive skills.

Research now shows that kids who don't have a fun but strategic experience with math in preschool, before kindergarten, are far less likely to succeed academically, let alone enter STEM fields.

Officials from Cambridge Public Schools updated the School Committee on the status of two decades-long projects — Algebra 1 in eighth grade and universal preschool — in a Tuesday meeting.

If preschool gives everyone a leg up in either language or math, then a universal program wouldn't close the achievement gap between children from low-income and higher-income families, Fuller argues.

Here's how to support your kindergartner as they continue to learn the fundamentals of math. Get started on a kindergarten curriculum for homeschool.