DALLAS (AP) — When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. “I didn’t know ‘honors’ even existed,” he said. Tha ...

Sixth grade math can be a make-or-break year, where gaps widen or confidence soars. The right mix of evidence-based teaching, targeted intervention, and engaging tools can help every student thrive.

Troy Superintendent Richard Machesky says that, after initial parent pushback, opposition to detracking of math classes in schools like Boulan Park, pictured here, has gone silent. Credit: Amanda J.

Want to help your sixth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your sixth-grader will be learning in the classroom. In a herd of horses, the ratio of legs to tails is 4 to 1 (or 4:1) because ...