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Report: Tennessee Students Have Nearly Returned to Pre-COVID Math Achievement
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (905+ words) Jo Napolitano is a senior reporter at The 74. Tennessee students have nearly returned to pre-pandemic achievement levels in math and have also made significant improvements in reading, according to a recent report that charts how well schools have recovered from…...
Why Students Reach College Underprepared for Math " And What to Do About It
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (336+ words) Shakiyya Bland, director of education partnerships at Just Equations, is a longtime math educator and curriculum specialist with deep experience in culturally responsive education. Stripped of careful phrasing, the logic is familiar: Some students are deficient, fixing them is costly,…...
The 2 Sides in the Math Wars Are Fighting the Wrong Battle
3+ week, 1+ day ago (699+ words) Joel Rose is CEO of New Classrooms Innovation Partners, a national nonprofit that develops and advocates for innovative, student-centered learning models that redesign the classroom experience in order to better meet the strengths and needs of each student. The math…...
How a Pennsylvania District Improved Math Proficiency Without Changing Curriculum
4+ week, 2+ day ago (915+ words) Colleen Leonard is principal of Waverly Elementary School in Pennsylvania's Abington Heights School District. Tom Evans is principal of Newton Ransom Elementary School in Pennsylvania's Abington Heights School District. By Colleen Leonard & Tom Evans A few years ago, our district…...
Teachers Value What They See and Hear Over Tests When Judging Student Success " The 74
1+ mon, 4+ hour ago (931+ words) Amanda Geduld is a staff reporter at The 74. Teachers are far more likely to rely on their own communications with and observations of their students than quizzes or test scores to determine if they had a successful school year, with…...
The Math Equity Gap: Thousands of NYC Students Miss Out on Algebra 1 in Eighth Grade
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (795+ words) Amy Zimmer is an award-winning journalist based in New York. Having access to Algebra 1 in eighth grade can often make or break a student's path to high school calculus, which in turn, is often a gateway to selective colleges as…...
New Report Looks to Move Beyond "Winners" and "Losers" in the Math Wars
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (755+ words) Jo Napolitano is a senior reporter at The 74. Educators seeking to improve their schools" math offerings should look critically at state and other recommendations to determine what works " and what doesn"t " inside their own classrooms, according to a new…...
The Graduation Gap: When Students Earn a High School Diploma But Still Can't Do Math
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (738+ words) Chad Aldeman is a regular columnist for The 74. He writes about school finance, state assessments and accountability, and the teacher labor market. He is also the founder of'Read Not Guess, a program to help parents teach their children to read....
San Francisco Brings Back 8th-Grade Algebra to Broader Student Group
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1038+ words) Jo Napolitano is a senior reporter at The 74. All 8th graders in the San Francisco Unified School District will soon be able to enroll in Algebra I'now that board members voted earlier this week to fully restore the course at the…...
Precision Learning Has the Potential to Do What Personalized Learning Could Not " The 74
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (425+ words) Robin Lake is executive director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, part of Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation. Driving past Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, I noticed a billboard that…...