Famed math teacher Jaime Escalante paid a visit to teachers in Mesa on Friday morning, using jokes and math tricks to bring home his message that teens, especially those from tough backgrounds, can accomplish great things.

Famed math teacher Jaime Escalante paid a visit to teachers in Mesa on Friday morning, using jokes and math tricks to bring home his message that teens, especially those from tough backgrounds, can accomplish great things.

Arizona State University is producing fewer teachers certified in math and science. The Morrison Institute for Public Policy released a report today that examined trends in ASU performance measures, such as new science and math teachers, that may be affected by a funding measure, Proposition 301, which voters approved five years ago.

Arizona State University is producing fewer teachers certified in math and science. The Morrison Institute for Public Policy released a report today that examined trends in ASU performance measures.

April 13, 2005

Hesu Yang began learning about math in an unconventional way — over the telephone. His grandmother, Wenying Bai, is a former mathematics teacher and on weekends would give him lessons over the phone from Beijing. He also learns from her during summer visits to China.

WASHINGTON - People in this country have a love-hate relationship with math, a favorite school subject for some but just a bad memory for many others, especially women.

With a little creativity, parents can help children tackle an often feared subject: Math. One way to make math lessons less intimidating is to teach through games — homemade or store-bought — said Shawna Banovich, a first-grade teacher at Hopi Elementary School in Phoenix.

Northern Arizona University is getting $3.4 million in grants to more than double the number of math and science teachers it graduates.

Two Scottsdale-area teachers have received the nation’s top honor for math and science instructors.

Many Arizona freshmen are arriving at high schools not ready to take ninth-grade-level math courses as required by state mandate, some educators say.

Desert Vista High School is offering a six-week summer math academy in various subjects and it is open to students currently in fourth through eighth grades.

Every few years a report comes out showing American schoolchildren lag behind kids in other countries in math and science.

Every few years a report comes out showing American schoolchildren lag behind kids in other countries in math and science.

The Kyrene and Tempe Union High School districts were the only two school districts in the state to receive the Math Excellence Award, presented by Arizona State Superintendent John Huppenthal and the Arizona Department of Education.

The Kyrene and Tempe Union High School districts were the only two school districts in the state to receive the Math Excellence Award, presented by Arizona State Superintendent John Huppenthal and the Arizona Department of Education.

Scottsdale Unified School District officials unveiled plans for a new high school math and science academy at Tuesday night’s board meeting.

When some East Valley teens bring home their course catalogs in January, they may see a new addition — more math classes.

Saturday, I went to Chandler-Gilbert Community College to write about the sixth annual Excellence in Junior High Math competition, which attracted a field of 210 seventh- and eighth-graders from all over the East Valley.

Schools in Gilbert will receive a boost in math and science education thanks to a two-year Math and Science Partnership grant co-funded by the Arizona Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Education.

Kyrene Elementary School District teacher Sarah Baird has been honored as one of the top five educators in the country by the nation's largest teacher union.

Kyrene Elementary School District teacher Sarah Baird has been honored as one of the top five educators in the country by the nation's largest teacher union.