“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 ...

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 ...

A typical 8th grade math textbook includes just a handful of real-world problems for students to solve, finds a new international study. And that’s not enough, according to William Schmidt, ...

Teachers draw maps to visualize directions described in a picture book. Spatial awareness is a key early math concept. Credit: Camilla Forte/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...

Three years after Cynthia Bell returned to the district that educated her, she nabbed a Golden Apple Award for her creative approaches to teaching 8th-grade math. She received her award last week ...

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, ...

This week's WITN Teacher of the Week is Colby Riggins, who's an 8th grade Math teacher at South Creek Middle School in Robersonville. Riggins is from from Windsor, NC and a Lawrence Academy Alumna.