According to at least one study on average, all students, regardless of socio-economic status, lose approximately 2.6 months of grade level equivalency in mathematical computation over the summer months each…
Read MoreAscend Education announced today that Valley High School in Sanders, AZ and Holabird STEM Program in Baltimore, MD were selected from among 18 Gold Medalists to receive the 2014 Ascend…
Read MoreRight now many high schools are facing the prospect of students ready for graduation except that they did not pass the math portion of their state test. Defining the right…
Read MoreRecently, I came across a fascinating blog from Peter DeWitt, a teacher who has had a change of heart concerning learning styles. Below is a quote from Peter’s blog entitled…
Read MoreTeachers, check out the Facebook posting by our friends at Destination Knowledge. We just learned from them that in honor of Teacher Appreciation Day Tuesday, May 6 you can get…
Read MoreThe Gold Medal Award was established in 2010 to honor the school or district that best demonstrates a dedication to ensuring that all students become successful at math. In particular,…
Read MoreKristin Lakin is a special education teacher working with high school age students at School City of Hammond in Indiana. Recently, she was interviewed by Laura Close of Close Education.…
Read MoreThere are a lot of emotional blog posts floating around the internet about the Common Core. It was refreshing to find this interview with middle school math teacher Fawn Nguyen. …
Read MoreThank you to the 5th graders of Southfield School in Shreveport, LA for these Earth Day Math Problems: Recycling one glass bottle can power a computer for 30 minutes. How…
Read More20 million people across the U.S. were estimated to have participated in the first Earth Day. More than a billion people in 180 countries around the world now celebrate Earth…
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