EdSource · A mentorship program fights for survival under the Trump administration A group of California parents and preschool teachers are overcoming their fear of math and discovering new confidence ...
Outdoor activities provide ample opportunities for math learning without any cost. Go on a nature walk where you ask your ...
Latrenda Knighten, the president-elect of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, agreed students can learn math concepts at a young age and preschools should teach much more of it. She doesn ...
A large body of research evidence suggests that strong math skills in young children are a powerful predictor of future academic success. But early-childhood educators—the professionals who are ...
In Boston public schools, 3, 4 and 5-year-olds are getting their first introduction to math. Before they walk through the kindergarten door, the “Building Blocks” curriculum is designed to encourage ...
EdSource · Hot classrooms, leaky roofs — one student’s fight for better school facilities This story was updated with a correction on Nov. 20, 2018. Instilling confidence in math skills from an early ...
A boy in Lafayette, Indiana, recently thought his struggle with math was an emergency. He called 911 and told the operator he’d had a bad day at school and had tons of homework. The operator asked him ...
Earlier this week, I wrote about the history of progressive math education, the culture wars it has inspired over the past hundred years, and the controversy over the California Math Framework. Today, ...
Multiplication and long division rarely get pep rallies. But Michaela Sicuranza, a 5th grade teacher at Sinking Springs Elementary, in York, Pa., thinks building an exciting, competitive identity ...
WESTFIELD — Westfield High School juniors taking statistics and biomedical classes came to Southampton Road preschool on Oct. 19 to demonstrate scientific experiments with three- and four-year-olds ...
With a rocky year of pandemic-related educational disruptions ahead, many parents are looking for ways to help their kids learn at home. Toys advertised as teaching STEM might seem like one way to ...
The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...