1+ hour, 38+ min ago  (758+ words) In mathematics education, we have long relied on a familiar sequence: introduce vocabulary, demonstrate procedures, and assign practice. For some students, this works well enough. But for many students'particularly those in special education, multilingual learners, and those who struggle with…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (934+ words) After 20 years teaching high school math, I thought I understood why students struggled. Then I sat in my first professional learning session focused on early math and was humbled. Like many secondary educators, I used to describe students as "lacking…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (529+ words) e School Media staff cover education technology in all its aspects'from legislation and litigation, to best practices, to lessons learned and new products. First published in March of 1998 as a monthly print and digital newspaper, e School Media provides the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (503+ words) My first few years teaching math were a struggle for me and my students. Our textbook focused primarily on direct instruction: I do, then you do, butrarelywe do. I tried to supplement with resources from my colleagues and Teachers Pay…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (224+ words) 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 topics (numbers & operations, algebraic thinking, geometry & measurement, and data analysis…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (761+ words) While nearly every industry is racing to integrate artificial intelligence, most schools are still teaching high school math the way it's been done for decades'rooted in instructional material that is abstract, disconnected, and detached from the world students actually live…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (556+ words) When Senator Bill Cassidy recently questioned whether K12 systems are adequately preparing students for college-level math, he touched a nerve in the national conversation. We see the symptoms everywhere: rising remediation rates, struggling freshmen, and a growing "readiness gap'the chasm between…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (228+ words) This time of year has always been challenging for teachers. I know it was for me. We are past the halfway point in the school year, but right in the middle of the coldest, greyest months in the calendar. If…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (605+ words) Data has become one of the most important strategic assets in education. Yet across institutions, publishers, and edtech companies, it often remains fragmented, inconsistently governed, and difficult to use with confidence. The challenge is rarely a lack of dashboards or…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (749+ words) This post originally appeared on the Christensen Institute's blog and is reposted here with permission. As Robert Pondiscio'observed recently, K12 schools have largely been spared Disruptive Innovation of the sort that has transformed everything from retail to consumer package goods, telecommunications,…...