In James Bell’s math class at Chapman High School, sophomores are trying to pinpoint exactly where two lines cross. The students in this rural Kansas high school already…
Read more Blending algebra and geometry: An approach to high school math slowly gains favorAcross the U.S., public school districts are panicking over test scores. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, or the Nation’s Report Card, as it is known, revealed that…
Read more OPINION: Instead of defining Black children by their test scores, we should help them overcome academic barriers and pursue their dreamsLUBBOCK, Texas — The meeting of the local NAACP chapter began with a prayer — and then the litany of injustices came pouring out. A Black high school football…
Read more Probes into racism in schools stall under TrumpThe Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education this week provides a rare opportunity to rethink our current top-down approach to school governance. We should jump…
Read more OPINION: It will take patience and courage to fix K-12 education without the Department of EducationAs a teacher, I heard it all the time: “I’m not a math person.” I would be in line at the grocery store, wearing a math T-shirt one…
Read more OPINION: After-school and summer programs can help more students learn to embrace numbers and become ‘math people’ after allCounty Executive Marc Elrich said $6 million of the funding is coming from the federal government for its Head Start program, while the Maryland county is adding $4…
Read more Early education gets a $10 million boost in Montgomery County – WTOP NewsWhat if improving children’s mental health — and life outcomes — could be done by teaching kids how their brains work? That’s a key idea behind the approach…
Read more Helping kids learn how their brains workIRVING, Texas — Crowded around a workshop table, four girls at de Zavala Middle School puzzled over a Lego machine they had built. As they flashed a purple…
Read more A gender gap in STEM widened during the pandemic. Schools are trying to make up lost groundUNION CITY, N.J. — By 7:30 a.m., Jackson had started rushing his father, José Bernard, to leave their house. “Dad, we’re going! We’re going, come on, let’s go.” …
Read more New Jersey’s ‘Abbott districts’ are 25 years into offering free, high quality pre-K, but at least 10,000 eligible kids haven’t enrolledRigorous research rarely shows that any teaching approach produces large and consistent benefits for students. But tutoring seemed to be a rare exception. Before the pandemic, almost 100…
Read more Tutoring was supposed to save American kids after the pandemic. The results? ‘Sobering’Almost every day at the public elementary school she attended in Montgomery County, Maryland, Stephanie heard comments about her weight. Kids in her fifth grade class called her…
Read more Kids with obesity do worse in school. One reason may be teacher bias – The Hechinger ReportLast April, an email went out to families in the Troy School District outside Detroit. Signed by unnamed “concerned Troy parents,” it said that a district proposal to…
Read more Eliminating advanced math ‘tracks’ often prompts outrage. Some districts buck the trendLOS ANGELES — When Abram van der Fluit began teaching science more than two decades ago, he tried to ward off classroom disruption with the threat of suspension:…
Read more What happens when suspensions get suspended? – The Hechinger ReportOXNARD, Calif. — On a Wednesday morning this December, Dale Perizzolo’s math class at Adolfo Camarillo High School is anything but quiet. Students chat about the data analysis…
Read more Data science under fire: What math do high schoolers really need? – The Hechinger ReportMireya Barrera no quería pelear. Durante años, se sentó en las reuniones con los docentes de educación especial de su hijo, luchando por mantener una sonrisa mientras entendía…
Read more Los padres de estudiantes de educación especial que no hablan inglés se enfrentan a otro obstáculo – The Hechinger ReportBlue dots represent the 75 schools that were eligible for the right-to-read settlement program of training and funds. (Source: Sarah Novicoff and Thomas Dee, Figure A1 of “The…
Read more PROOF POINTS: 'Right-to-read' settlement spurred higher reading scores in California's lowest performing schools, study findsIt pains Tim Odegard that four decades after a misguided approach to diagnosing dyslexia kept him from getting help in school, thousands of children across the U.S. are…
Read more How a disgraced method of diagnosing learning disabilities persists in our nation’s schoolsEditor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about…
Read more Boosting computer science access for Native studentsEste artículo fue traducido por Anabelle Garay. JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — El año escolar de la escuela primaria Washington concluyó a las 2:35 pm de un caluroso martes…
Read more Se acerca un precipicio de cierres de escuelas. Los estudiantes hispanos y afroamericanos son los más propensos a sufrir las consecuencias.Hope Reed saw stark disparities in math classes at Blythewood High School about a decade ago. At the school, in suburban Columbia, South Carolina, nearly half of students…
Read more Racial gaps in math have grown. Could detracking help?
