5+ hour, 19+ min ago  (699+ words) The science of reading has affected teachers and students across the country. This series shares the direct experiences of educators with these efforts. Lizzie Hetzer is a Brooklyn-based literacy consultant and curriculum writer, co-founder of Daffodil Hill Press and its…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (549+ words) Reporter’s note: All cow puns in this story are udderly intentional. South Fayette Township Elementary School in Pennsylvania enlisted a new teacher to help K-2 students explore artificial intelligence, data science, and chemistry. Colangelo milked the program all year long…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (405+ words) Most broadly, a growing “science of math” movement has begun to take shape, drawing on cognitive science to reexamine how students acquire mathematical knowledge. Its core premise is straightforward: Reasoning, problem-solving, and mathematical flexibility depend on knowledge that must first…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (594+ words) I hear this all the time from educators. And I believe them. Teachers are being asked to do more than ever. They are managing classrooms filled with anxiety, disengagement, impulsivity, and chronic stress. Many are exhausted themselves. And when we…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1081+ words) Dylan Kane likes his math curriculum. But there’s one important piece missing, he says. The 7th grade math teacher in Leadville, Colo., uses a program that teaches math skills through real-world problem solving. A lesson on proportional relationships, for example, asks…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (402+ words) During a recent reading lesson in my 2nd grade classroom, I asked my students to explain the central idea of a short passage. A few hands went up right away. Other students stared at the page or quietly waited, unsure how…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (1397+ words) Today’s post continues a multiyear series in which educators share simple “teacher moves” that can make a big difference. Michele Caracappa, Ed.D, is a former teacher, principal, chief academic officer, and nonprofit leader. As the founder of Lead Learning,…...

4+ week, 2+ hour ago  (762+ words) About a decade ago, Emily Torres, an English teacher at Joel E. Ferris High School here was at a loss. She’d been teaching for about 15 years, and she knew she was a strong instructor. But Torres felt that she wasn’t really…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (207+ words) Newly released national test scores show student achievement in math rising at the elementary school level—but not among middle school students, whose achievement has stagnated after years of steady decline. What factors could be behind older students’ academic struggles…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (904+ words) Last week, Alexis Sorenson introduced her 8th graders to algebraic expressions with a lesson on Greek language roots rather than formulas. Sorenson, a math teacher at Cloquet Middle School in the eastern Minnesota district of the same name, drew careful boxes…...