Most people in the math education space agree that students need to be fluent with basic math facts. By the time kids are in ...

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One month into the school year, my math classroom is buzzing with familiar rhythms: assessments, routines and students still finding their footing. Like many teachers, I see my fifth graders return ...

Math is all around us: the music you listen to, the vehicles you drive and even the food you bake can all be represented mathematically. But for most kids - and many adults - the word math evokes ...

A mere one in five (22%) seniors tested as "proficient" in math, and just a third (35%) in reading. Seventyfour - stock.adobe.com Here’s one more reason to detest teacher unions and other special ...

Recently, the National Center for Education Statistics released the Nation’s Report Card of student progress in reading and math. These scores are based on the National Assessment of Educational ...

A math handout sent home by teachers at my son's school struck me as so absurd that I thought for sure the parents were getting punked. The exercise demonstrated how to do the new way of long division ...

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My fifth-grade twins have been at our Title I elementary school since Pre-K and loved it. It’s a small school with dedicated staff who go above and beyond to provide our global majority, ...

On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen elementary-aged students ran math relays behind an elementary school. One by one, they raced to a table, where they scribbled answers to ...