While more than half of the students are students of color, about 83 percent of the state’s teachers are white. More than a third of students are Latino, but 11 percent of teachers are.
These student-constructed problems foster collaboration, communication, and a sense of ownership over learning.
Take the pressure off of problem-solving with engaging thinking games that encourage students to work together to find ...
Educator of the Year finalist Collin Burrell uses hands-on geometry, real-world problems, and fluency checks to build ...
Zachary Champagne’s 3rd and 4th graders figure out early on that this math class will be different when their teacher tells them: “I don’t care about the answer.” The goal is to shift his elementary ...
The internet has had a profound impact on education and how we learn things, a critical complement to any learning environment. Online university classes, massive open online courses (MOOCs), and even ...
If Ms. Smith’s 8th grade algebra class works through 10 word problems in an hour, and Ms. Jones’ class works through 10 equation problems during the same time, which class is likely to learn more math ...
Americans have a complicated relationship with math. Studies reveal that a vast majority of adults living in the United States believe math skills are essential — but more than a third report having ...
Watch as Steve Butler teaches his students the mathematics of juggling. Video by Alex Murphy AMES, Iowa – Steve Butler casually tosses a ball from his left hand to his right to demonstrate his point ...
The Fort Jackson Commissary became a de facto mathematics lab for C.C. Pinckney Elementary School during its annual Math ...
Math is a problem — one that a relentless onslaught of testing has not solved. Some assume kids are the ones failing, but it’s time to acknowledge that it’s our tests and the curriculum they determine ...