The Smarter Balanced test group announced today that it has partnered with Desmos, a company that created a free online graphing calculator that is giving Texas Instruments a run for its money. As of ...

Your June 28 editorial on math education (“The ‘Why’ of Math”) certainly hit one nail on the head: This country is in serious need of math teachers with solid math training. It’s not enough to have ...

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Graphing calculators are a mainstay of both high school and college-level math and science courses. Most of us have had, or will have, experience working with either a Casio or a Texas Instruments ...

AUSTIN — Texas school children should not use calculators until they learn to work through math problems the old-fashioned way — on paper, State Board of Education members said Thursday. The board ...

OK, class — pull out your smartphones, please. It's not the conventional way to begin math class, but neither is Sara Van Der Werf's calculator alternative at Minneapolis South High School. Instead of ...

(StatePoint) If you remember your teachers and parents telling you not to rely too heavily on calculators, you may be inclined to pass on the same mindset to your own children. Here are some of the ...

From the Texas Education Agency: AUSTIN, TX – Commissioner of Education Michael Williams has advised superintendents he will allow districts to satisfy a requirement to use graphing calculators for ...