This fourth grade numbers whiz from Eastie is taking on Texas in a national competition

A fourth grader O’Donnell Elementary earned the top score at a statewide math competition, which landed him a spot next month ...
Education Week

Young Students Gravitate to Math. How Teachers Can Build on That Curiosity

Zachary Champagne’s 3rd and 4th graders figure out early on that this math class will be different when their teacher tells them: “I don’t care about the answer.” The goal is to shift his elementary ...
Education Week

Why Does Fact Fluency Matter in Math? 4 Educators Offer Answers

“Because we do so much multi-step problem solving, and we’re doing two-step word problems, if they’re spending 10-15 minutes trying to figure out what 9x7 is, they’re doing a lot of extra work, or ...
KCCI Des Moines

Reading and math scores dip for fourth and eighth graders across all states

CAMERA LAST MONTH, THE PANDEMIC TOOK A TOLL ON STUDENT READING AND TEST SCORES. THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS REPORTS THE AVERAGE MATH SCORE FOR FOURTH GRADERS WAS FIVE POINTS LOWER ...