As Zearn founder Shalinee Sharma said in your recent column, conceptual understanding and procedural fluency matter in math. That is, one needs both the procedural ability to solve 2x - 3 = 12 and ...

In Massachusetts, where the Calculus Project originated, there are 33 different names for 8th grade math courses, most of which purport to prepare students for Algebra 1, with varying success ...