In recent decades, K-12 math education has evolved significantly, shifting from rote memorization to fostering conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills. Achievement First (AF), a network of ...
Teach For America Greater New Orleans alumna Alexandria Brown shares her journey from aspiring history teacher to math teacher, and how she has seen her students make significant growth in closing ...
California requires the State Board of Education to adopt at least five math programs in grades K-8. The board far surpassed that number by adopting 64 during its meeting on Thursday. The approved ...
When asked to imagine classroom learning, some people envision a teacher at the front of the room, guiding their students’ learning through a series of questions without much connection to the ...
Across the country, educators continue to wrestle with big questions about math curricula. Two years ago, the California education board’s adoption of a long-gestating new math framework added more ...
A nontraditional math instruction strategy is also helping teens at the southern Utah school connect with their fellow ...
"This program supports teachers in creating learning environments where students are talking, thinking deeply, and making sense of mathematics together," said Mark Ellis, coauthor of Classroom ...
Many students struggle with math, and one big reason why is their feelings toward the subject. Students often lack confidence in their math abilities, educators say, making them less willing to ...
(The Hill) — U.S. students’ math scores lag behind also dreary reading ones and have struggled even before the pandemic, but changes to the math curriculum to combat the problem have been slow-moving.
Is this a picture of something bad, or something good? Cognitive scientists call this the global-local processing dilemma: Do we perceive the overall image, or focus on the details? Education policy ...