I remember the day in ninth grade algebra when I asked my math teacher the question most students ask: When would I ever use y=mx+b in my “real life?” He did not provide a compelling answer. Like many ...

A new group billing itself as a “Consumer Reports for school materials” will soon begin posting free online reviews of major textbooks and curricula that purport to be aligned to the Common Core State ...

NASA’s Airspace Systems Program and the Ames Research Center are pleased to announce the public release of Smart Skies FlyBy Math: Distance-Rate-Time Problems in Air Traffic Control for Grades 5-9 ...

Writing lesson plans has traditionally been a big part of a teacher’s job. But this doesn’t mean they should be starting from a blank slate. Ideally, teachers are supposed to base their lessons on the ...

I enjoyed reading your recent discussion with Alex Baron, “How Much Autonomy Should Teachers Have Over Instructional Materials?” In particular, I was struck by your skepticism about whether ...

The Washoe County School District is asking for the public’s input as it reviews new high school math instructional materials that could be used in classrooms across the district. WCSD is currently ...

The Belton Independent School District school board approved the adoption of two State Board of Education-approved high-quality instructional materials for elementary math and reading on Monday. These ...

Math bores many students. Common Core Math, CCM, tries to deliver math differently so that it sticks. CCM succeeds if students become flexibly adept because it hurts seeing students solve y = mx + b, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Legislation that began as an effort to require more stringent remediation and math education was expanded Tuesday to include other education topics such as allowing homeschooled ...

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Tennessee students have nearly returned to pre-pandemic achievement levels in math and have also made significant ...

In California and across the country, English learners are too frequently an afterthought. Though they are one of the largest student groups — California has more than 1 million students who are ...