I’ve noticed more posts and articles lately touting either the benefits or detractions of “gamification.” It seems that not that long ago “edutainment” was the buzz word and then, just…
Read MoreA short while ago, a team from Crosby Middle School spoke to a packed house of educators about the strategies they were using to help students in need of intervention…
Read MoreCelebrate Earth Day with these fun math problems. We’ve included problems of varying difficulty to challenge both your math intervention and enrichment students. Included are the best of those submitted…
Read MoreIn just a few weeks we will reveal the 2015 Ascend Math Gold Medalist Schools. So far, six schools have been added to these honorary ranks. Math Intervention students at…
Read MoreMarch Mathness wraps up tonight. The National Championship game between Wisconsin and Duke will match two big scorers, Frank Kaminsky and Jahil Okafer. In Wisconsin’s win over Kentucky Saturday, Kaminsky…
Read MoreThe number seven seeded Michigan State Spartans beat the Louisville Cardinals 76 to 70. They now join an elite group of three number one seeds in the Final Four. This…
Read MoreA study by Harvard Professor Joshua Goodman into the effect of snow days on student progress recently appeared in the Washington Post. He concludes that official snow days do not appear to…
Read MoreTeams will be travelling to get to their Sweet Sixteen tournament locations this week. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have a 251 mile journey to Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland,…
Read MoreA few weeks ago the Washington Post ran yet another article on the Gender Gap in education. The article is worth a quick look. “These results strongly suggest that gender…
Read MoreA study released in the this month’s issue of Sports Illustrated magazine reveals that colleges with “bird” mascots have done better than those with animals, fantasy figures, or humans for…
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