Key Takeaways ・UCSD has seen a dramatic increase in freshmen needing remedial math, rising from 1 in 100 to 1 in 8, ...
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We’ve created a generation — parents and children alike — paralyzed by numerators without denominators. A single alarming ...
In California, more students fall behind in math every year they stay in school and the math achievement gap has grown faster ...
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The latest NAEP results show eighth-grade math scores are flat — a bad sign after the historic eight-point drop in 2022.
When Mike Kenny was a fifth-grade teacher in Essex Junction, he learned early in his career that the traditional way to teach math, which includes repetitive practice of math problems, did not work ...
In Illinois, officials at the State Board of Education hope to close the gap through the development of a statewide, ...
However, girls tend to be more diligent in elementary school and get better grades in math class throughout their schooling. And girls and boys across the grades tend to score similarly on state math ...
Across the country, educators continue to wrestle with big questions about math curricula. Two years ago, the California education board’s adoption of a long-gestating new math framework added more ...
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