Math often feels disconnected from the real lives of students. They learn the steps, solve equations and check their work, but they struggle to see the usefulness of math skills. For decades, ...
In DeKalb County, Ala., elementary school math classes have gotten noisy. In a good way. Instead of worksheets and textbooks, children practice adding and subtracting with tiny toy bears. They ...
There’s a familiar divide between practice and policy. When it comes to grading, devices, equity, choice, student behavior, and much else, the views from inside and outside the schoolhouse are very ...