All right, kids! Raise your hand if you like algebra! Hmmm. Now, raise your hands if you like Angry Birds! I see. What if I were to tell you that Angry Birds had been surpassed in the App Store — by a ...

Jesse Schell is, perhaps, the top educational game designer in the business right now. A few months ago I asked him what his favorite educational game was. After a brief pause, he replied, “DragonBox ...

SANTA CRUZ – Instead of shooting paint-ball guns with friends or loafing at home, 15-year-old Nash McQuaide has spent a chunk of summer break hunkered down trying to solve algebraic equations.

Prodigy Math Game blends curriculum-aligned math with role-playing adventures, turning problem-solving into an engaging quest ...

SALEM, Ore. - iPad apps that college students have developed soon could help high school and middle schoolstudents crack the code of algebra, often a gatekeeper to college entry. The tools assist ...

EVERETT — Here’s some interesting math: Enrollment in eighth-grade algebra has more than doubled in the Everett School District over the past year. Other middle schools in Snohomish County are also ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Private researchers are reporting that more kids than ever are taking algebra in eighth grade but not necessarily learning more math. Enrollment in algebra classes doubled from 1990 ...

The way Michelle Truax’s eighth-grade algebra students were enthusiastically blurting out answers, it appeared they were grasping the day’s lesson. But when six students came up with wrong solutions ...

Helping with homework used to be so easy. Back in the day, little ones sidled up to mom or dad and asked, “How do I do this?” It was all about spelling “ sky” or telling them, “Well, sweetie, if you ...