Srimahitha Kanakamedala used a 3D printer in the University of New Haven's makerspace to create a cryptography wheel, a cryptography tool that she later used in the classroom. Though she's only in ...
Middle school is often a time of change for students. New friends, new schools, and a time of physical growth during the sticky subject of puberty. It's also a critical period during another sticky ...
More than 1 in 3 public school students now take Algebra 1 before high school. For those students to succeed, schools must adjust middle school programs to better match student readiness to class ...
Northside Middle School eighth grade math teacher Amber Benson reviews a slope exercise. She and co-teacher Ruby Voss said they try to make students stakeholders in each other’s success. Credit: ...
Math anxiety, which can begin as early as kindergarten, negatively affects students’ math performance both in the moment and throughout their math education. Most research focuses on the affective or ...
For the next three years, every superintendent needs to focus on improving middle school math. Performance on California’s 2022 Smarter Balanced scores dropped 6.5% in math and 4% in English language ...
The average eighth grader is now three years below grade level in math. How can they do algebra if they’re struggling to divide fractions? Credit: Jill Brady/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty ...
As racial inequity soars on the nation’s radar, math teachers are increasingly bringing social-justice questions into their classrooms to help students see the subject’s relevance and recognize that ...
The Middle School Mathematics Licensure Program is an innovative new track for non-math majors interested in teaching mathematics in the middle grades 6-8, an area of high demand across Colorado ...