Education Week

Supporting Struggling Math Students Means Building Their Number Sense—and Confidence

Math is a hierarchical field, building sequentially on prior concepts. Likewise, math standards in each grade presume that ...
Education Week

Elementary Math Has Been in Focus. But Middle and High School Students’ Struggles Are Daunting

An EdWeek Research Center survey finds that educators see older students' lack of progress in the subject as an acute problem ...
The Hechinger Report

The building blocks of math that students need to excel — but aren’t always getting

Students in Melissa Williams' kindergarten class at the Westminster School in Atlanta, Georgia, practice connecting quantities to written numbers — a key part of number sense. Credit: Holly Korbey for ...
Columbus Dispatch

Lack of advanced math options limits many Ohio high schoolers' education

If you're old enough, you probably remember getting a line from your math teacher that you need to learn the steps to an equation because "you won't always be carrying a calculator with you." In an AP ...