Education Week

Elementary Math Has Been in Focus. But Middle and High School Students’ Struggles Are Daunting

An EdWeek Research Center survey finds that educators see older students' lack of progress in the subject as an acute problem ...
al.com

Alabama invested in elementary math. But some schools have a long way to go

Toward the end of a math lesson on a sunny Friday in October, fourth-grade teacher D’Atra Howard and math instructional coach LaVeda Gray ducked out of the classroom to huddle. Howard’s students at ...
unr.edu

What does it take to do well in math class?

Confidence in your ability to learn is the key to success in math class! Some students who experience difficulty or struggle learning in math class give up because they think that they are not capable ...
Education Week

Supporting Struggling Math Students Means Building Their Number Sense—and Confidence

Math is a hierarchical field, building sequentially on prior concepts. Likewise, math standards in each grade presume that ...
The Hechinger Report

Kindergarten math is often too basic. Here’s why that’s a problem

Two students in Danielle Adler’s kindergarten class at Marcus Hook Elementary School in Marcus Hook, Pa., prepare for an addition problem. Credit: Holly Korbey for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...
Thomasville Times-Enterprise

Garrison-Pilcher named State Champions in Prodigy math competition

Garrison-Pilcher Elementary recently celebrated being named the State Champion in the world’s biggest math competition, after ...
WFMJ

Poland Elementary raises nearly $25K for St. Jude through Math-a-thon

One Poland Elementary school teacher at Poland McKinley knows from personal experience the great things St. Jude, a pediatric treatment and research facility, can do for children and their families.