Math
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...
Math
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...
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With Florida Math Textbook Rejections, CRT Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
While Twitter’s chock full of talk about Florida banning books that include “critical race theory (CRT),” there’s even more weirdness going on. Some background: Florida’s Department of Education...
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American Students Have a Math Problem We Already Know How to Solve
When brand-new kindergartners arrive at any Uncommon elementary school, one of the first chants they learn is, “I love math and math loves me! It’s as easy as 1,2,3! Just watch and you will see!”...
