During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 ...

When it comes to math, students are struggling. The recent national assessment underscored that by revealing that 24 percent of fourth graders are still performing below basic math skills, also ...

Math teachers have had a new problem to solve this school year: How do you foster engagement and understanding among students when you’re often not in the room with them? “As if mathematics weren’t ...

In the latest version of the Nation’s Report Card, students’ math scores fell an average of five points for fourth graders and eight points for eighth graders nationwide. This historic drop in scores ...

These efficient feedback strategies support student learning without sacrificing a teacher's nights and weekends.

The new question-of-the-week is: What is the single most effective instructional strategy you have used to teach math? This post is part of a longer series of questions and answers inviting educators ...