Education leaders across Pennsylvania readily acknowledge that student achievement in mathematics is not where it needs to be. This harsh reality, exacerbated by the pandemic, continues today as we ...
When it comes to math, students are struggling. The recent national assessment underscored that by revealing that 24 percent of fourth graders are still performing below basic math skills, also ...
An EdWeek Research Center survey finds that educators see older students' lack of progress in the subject as an acute problem ...
When elementary school students in her district struggle in math, Elizabeth Abel wants to get them support as soon as possible. That’s because addressing students’ gaps in kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd ...
Toward the end of a math lesson on a sunny Friday in October, fourth-grade teacher D’Atra Howard and math instructional coach LaVeda Gray ducked out of the classroom to huddle. Howard’s students at ...
Re “State’s ‘math wars’ are hurting Black, Latino students” (April 23): I was an algebra teacher into three decades and found one basic principle: If you don’t know basic arithmetic, i.e., how to add, ...
TROY, Ala. (WSFA) - For the first time in more than two decades, Susan Davis started off the school year in a new role. This year, she’s walking through the halls of Troy Elementary as the school’s ...
You can’t learn how to swim by dipping your toes in the water. The same idea holds true for teaching. Recently however, SUNY Cortland juniors Ashley Whitney and Kelly Rambo — both aspiring elementary ...
A fifth-grade student in Ellanise Hines’ class works on calculating the volume of a prism. Credit: Steven Yoder for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for ...
Two students in Danielle Adler’s kindergarten class at Marcus Hook Elementary School in Marcus Hook, Pa., prepare for an addition problem. Credit: Holly Korbey for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...
Farley Elementary students were among those putting their math skills to the test during a district-wide competition.