Two Moline teachers are finalists for the Golden Apple Award

Selected from nearly 600 nominations statewide, Kelly Beem, a fourth-grade teacher covering all subjects, and Luann Lindauer, ...
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Alabama made a big investment in elementary math, but underresourced schools still have a long way to go

GREENVILLE, Ala. — Toward the end of a math lesson on a sunny Friday in October, fourth-grade teacher D’Atra Howard and math instructional coach LaVeda Gray ducked out of the classroom to huddle.
Governing

Alabama Bets on Math Coaches to Raise Performance

Toward the end of a math lesson on a sunny Friday in October, fourth-grade teacher D’Atra Howard and math instructional coach LaVeda Gray ducked out of the classroom to huddle. Howard’s students at ...

Alabama invested in elementary math. But some schools have a long way to go

Alabama’s 2022 law reshaped math instruction at the elementary level by providing money for all schools to hire math coaches and by mandating that struggling schools use state-approved math curricula, ...
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After 400 practice tests in 18 months, Vietnamese student nails perfect 1600 on SAT

Nguyen Tuan Anh, a 16-year-old junior in Hanoi, fell 30 points short of perfection on his first SAT. He spent the next three months dissecting what went wrong, then walked into his second attempt and ...
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Fun Math Games for Students

We all know that games and fun learning activities are more conducive to meaningful learning experiences and a higher level of students engagement and participation. This is even so with subjects that ...
Edutopia

4 High-Quality Math Enrichment Tasks

Does this sound familiar? You are 45 minutes into your 70-minute math class. One of your high-achieving students—let’s call him Marcus—finishes his math practice before anyone else. On most days, he ...
Education Week

3 Big Changes My School Is Making to Boost Math Achievement

We have yet to see any rebound in middle school math on the nation’s report card, where scores declined by 8 points from 2019 to 2022 and remained at that low point when kids last took NAEP in 2024.
Opinion

California’s reading reforms drive push for better math skills in early grades

Some of the supporters of the phonics curriculum California adopted last year are now urging statewide math screening for young students.
New York Post

Harvard limiting the number of A grades is a good thing — even if students are melting down over it

It’s time for Harvard students to say goodbye to their straight-A’s. On Friday, a committee of faculty advised the school to adopt a 20% cap on A’s to beat back grade inflation — a stark reduction ...
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Best Math Apps for iPad

Moose Math is a delightful educational app that brings an exciting blend of fun and learning to young mathematicians. It’s particularly engaging for children in the early stages of learning ...