Across the country, most 5th grade students, along with the rest of their elementary peers, sit in a single classroom with a single teacher for reading, math, science, and social studies instruction.

How do math teachers select curriculum materials, and what instructional practices do they use? A new EdWeek Research Center survey sheds some light on these questions. Earlier this month, Education ...

Want to help your fifth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your fifth-grader will be learning in the classroom. Explain or illustrate how you solved this problem. Tip: Highlight ...

Concerned about how math is taught in Fairfield schools, more than 150 parents and educators jammed a Board of Education meeting Tuesday night expecting a decision on which textbook would be used for ...

Family therapist Jolene Daly speaks about the proposed fifth-grade sex education curriculum in Modesto City Schools during meeting at a Modesto church. Daly is a Modesto City Schools trustee. Ken ...