Education Week

Middle Grade Math Blends: 10 Lessons Learned

We’ve been studying middle grade math blends and with the help of guest authors and partners we’ve observed 10 lessons. 1. School-wide. Blended classrooms can be beneficial, but blended learning is a ...
Education Week

A Third of Students Don’t Identify as a ‘Math Person.’ Can Teachers Change That?

Are you a “math person”? It’s a question that gets settled at an early age: Most students have made up their mind about whether they identify as a math person by the time they’re in middle school, ...
Business Wire

Survey Shows 82% of U.S. Students in Grades 7-10 Are Fearful of Math, Risking America’s Ability to Compete for STEM Jobs

BENGALURU, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U.S. students’ fear of math is accelerating, according to a recent survey gauging student confidence in their math abilities, proficiency and correlation between ...
The Baltimore Sun

Baltimore’s math scores consistently trail Maryland’s. Here’s city schools’ 5-year plan for improvement.

When Baltimore’s chief academic officer and other school officials saw the stark results of a state standardized math exam in the summer of 2022, they set a plan to overhaul how students learn math.