Math
Thanks to a Great Teacher, This Young Valedictorian Found His Math Identity. Now He's Paying It Forward.
Reginald "Reggie" King graduated from Lindblom College Preparatory in May, with a passion for math education and a plan to invest in the future of academic success. Attending Xavier University in...
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How My 4-Year-Old Just Broke Down Combining Triangles to Form Polygons
In his four years of existence, my son Thaddeus has developed a knack for building and connecting things. If he gets a bag of jumbo Legos, he will create an entire jungle filled with imaginary...
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Bloomberg Invested in a Ton of NYC Schools This Summer. Here's What It Did.
Despite a late announcement of the opportunity, Bloomberg Philanthropies supported summer school in 93% of New York City’s charter schools serving students in K-8. In July and August, Bloomberg...
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Here’s How Math Anxiety Is Passed from Teacher to Student, And How to Break the Cycle
Editor’s note: This column is an edited version of Jason Ablin’s original post, Mentor Teachers and Classroom Environments, which you can read here. I call the design of classroom space the second...
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When Teachers Pay Attention to How Their Students Think, Kids Can Make More Sense of Math
Amid COVID school disruptions, research has shown that for most students across the U.S., recent learning gains have been lower-than-typical in math. Given this current reality, educators are...
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I Tell Every One of My Students They're a 'Math Person'
Math was always my favorite subject throughout my K-12 schooling. It has always been the one subject that has come naturally to me. All throughout grade school, I was always among the top achievers...