A growing number of teachers are speaking out about a troubling trend they say they’re seeing in classrooms: students ...
"Immature parents who are always on their phones and have no idea how to interact with a child, too much screen time, no ...
Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...
(The Conversation) – When Frances E. Anderson saw the latest math scores for America’s fourth- and eighth-graders, she was hardly surprised that they had dropped. Until recently – including the period ...
A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that only one in eight elementary teacher preparation programs nationwide devote enough time to teaching fundamental math content ...
Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...
NYC Solves has faced criticism from educators for assuming kids have mastered skills, leaving some lost and frustrated.
Dyscalculia is a severe and persistent learning disability in math that affects about 5 to 8 percent of school-age children. Due to its impact on students’ ability to learn and retain basic math facts ...
For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. The kids had fun, but the ...