99math raises $2.1M to make teaching and learning math fun
Estonian startup 99math has raised $2.1 million to boost its edtech math gaming platform aimed at making math fun.
Making Math Classes More Welcoming for Black Students
The history of the United States is filled with depictions of how the educational system was not intended for Black people. This article is inspired by historian Carter G. Woodson, who wrote The ...
For this woman, inspiring kids meant choosing the 'great outdoors' over a math classroom
The What's Good In My Hood Outdoor Adventure Camp kicked off Monday as former math teacher Maria Adams-Lawton continues to inspire Detroit youths.
Solving NYC’s math problem
Instead, they’ve led to poor teaching, created barriers to equity, and led to the wide proliferation of math anxiety. (Just ask the adults you know how they feel about mathematics.) One recent June ...
How parents can help kids embrace math for future career success
What do construction of the St. Louis Arch, overseeing the grocery service counter and the management of big data have in common? The answer is simple: math. Without the level of knowledge ...
Texas students’ STAAR reading results rebound after COVID, math still lags
State officials say the preliminary STAAR results for elementary and middle school students released Friday offer hope, along with a clarion call to ...
Eastern Iowa teachers learn new, hands-on ways to teach math
More than 60 teachers from nine eastern Iowa school districts are learning new ways to teach math. It’s an innovative approach to try and make the subject more exciting for students.
Professor Susan Barton is retiring after more than three decades of helping students find success learning math
Friends and colleagues of BYU-Hawaii Math Professor Susan Barton gathered on the top floor of the new Science Building on the afternoon of June 21 to honor her and the 36 years she has taught at the ...
ASSISTments online math program helps teachers save time, students become better learners
Students who think they can’t learn math may be in for a surprise when they tackle homework problems on ASSISTments, an online math learning and assessment tool. The free program is the brain ...
How to keep students learning and avoid the 'summer slide'
School’s out for summer, but that doesn’t mean students should leave academics in the rearview mirror. The “summer slide” is real, but it can be avoided.
How an Asset-Based Summer Program Helps Students Build Intrinsic Confidence — Even in Math
Asset-based summer learning is not just a great way to help students catch up in math. It’s an opportunity to transform a student’s relationship with math and set them up for greater confidence and ...
First COVID, now summer: How NJ needs to fight learning loss
Since New Jersey 101.5 last specifically looked at the problem in 2019, a devastating pandemic has turned the concept on its ear.
