“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 ...
Across the country, 4th and 8th graders are taking the National Assessment of Educational Progress in a range of subjects this month, but I’ll be paying particularly close attention to how middle ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Imagine 8th grade middle school students having so much fun solving Algebra problems that when the school bell rings, they can’t believe the class is over. Students at the Girls Prep ...
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Amber Benson and Ruby Voss started at Northside Middle School in 2017. That’s where they paired up as a co-teaching 8th grade math team. Since then, they’ve truly been ...
We’re checking in with Jodie Rogers, 8th grade math teacher, from North Boone Middle School! Jodie has been a teacher for 23 ...
When I taught middle school math, some of my worst days as a teacher were spent sitting at an uncomfortable cafeteria table, watching someone slog through a PowerPoint about strategies for classroom ...
Editor's note: This story, written by David Bornstein at The New York Times in New York City, New York, is part of the SoJo Exchange from the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization ...
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, ...