Stories

Achievement Gap

Our High Schools Can't Afford To Ignore These Mediocre PISA Scores

I recently spoke to a handful of young women at a high school in North Carolina who had taken an international test that is getting a lot of attention—the Programme for International Student...

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Teaching

Coffee Break: Valerie Camille Jones on Coffeehouse Math, Our Numbers Complex, and 'Hidden Figures'

This is Teacher Appreciation Week, and we’re a little late to the party in recognizing and appreciating Dr. Valerie Camille Jones, who was feted at the White House and hung out with President Barack...

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Math

If I'd Had Common Core I Probably Wouldn't Suck at Math Now

I’m terrible at math. In seventh grade, I became aware of my poor math preparation when I entered a team math competition against other Catholic schools in the Chicagoland area. At least half of the...

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