“I’m not a math person,” “Math stresses me out,” “I’m not good at Math.” Have you heard any of these sentiments from your students? You aren’t alone, and it doesn’t have to stay this way. With the ...
The National Assessment of Educational Progress recently released the Nation’s Report Card for 2022, revealing a five-point drop in average scores for 4th grade and eight points for 5th grade—the ...
For folks in the literacy world, the bitter fight over California’s math framework sounded eerily familiar. On one side, proponents of the framework argued that students need to learn to love math, ...
Caleb West, 6, of Mitchellville recently got to take his classroom lessons to the skies as he piloted his aircraft through green square rings — a test not of his aerial acumen, but of his science and ...
Many school districts and policymakers are stepping up efforts to teach students the skills they need to be prepared for the jobs of the future. One big area of focus is STEM. Jobs in science, ...
NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...
Twenty states consider Algebra II a high school graduation requirement, but about half of those allow for exceptions or alternatives, such as data science courses. Credit: Meredith Kolodner/The ...
Throwing paper airplanes usually isn’t encouraged by teachers. Tuesday it was required. Girls participating in the “Mathematics: The Queen of Sciences” camp built and flew paper airplanes Tuesday as ...
It might interest you to know that Maryland's eighth-graders, on average, appear to know a little less math and science than eighth-graders elsewhere in the United States and a lot less than children ...
As a student teacher I witnessed extreme inequalities in how science is communicated and taught at California elementary schools. My first teaching experience was as a STEM (science, technology, ...