In the motion picture A Christmas Story young Ralphie one ups the competition in class by bringing his teacher a fully loaded fruit basket. What do teachers really want for…
Read MoreKristina Wiseman is ESE Assistant Principal of Southwestern Middle School in Volusia County. Recently, she presented at a dinner event coinciding with FCTM (Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics). In…
Read MoreShould we be concerned about this? I certainly am. The Washington Post reports that “scores in math, reading and science posted by 15-year-olds in the United States were flat while…
Read MoreAscend Math has been recognized for making a positive difference in education by K12 leaders who named it to District Administration magazine’s “Readers’ Choice Top 100 Products for 2013.” The…
Read MoreWould you like to find more time for students to work on a math intervention program like Ascend Math? Educators in Anoka, MN are giving their intervention students a pass…
Read MoreAs part of the new Common Core Standards, teachers are encouraged to focus on fewer concepts but stress a deeper learning and understanding to students through projects. One suggested strategy…
Read MoreBrian Wessel, math interventionist at Sanders Middle and High Schools spoke to a group of math teachers attending the recent NCTM Regional Conference in Las Vegas, NM. In the video…
Read MoreIn Atlantic Magazine Stanford Professor Jo Boaler writes: “In mathematics education we suffer from the widespread, distinctly American idea that only some people can be math people. This idea has…
Read MoreThis is the first of two video segments taken during a special lunch session with Math Interventionist Brian Wessel during the NCTM Regional Conference in Las Vegas. Here Brian provides…
Read MoreU.S. 8th graders in 35 states outperformed the international average in math. The findings come from a National Center for Education Statistics study that uses the scores of 8th graders…
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