4 ways to keep your kid’s brains active during the summer

KSL.com - Staff Writer "School is out for the summer. [...]

June 30th, 2016|Categories: Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Fitness, Learning, Math, Physical Activity, Reading, summer, Summer slide, Writing|Tags: Education, School|

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Is it better to teach pure math instead of applied math?

The Hechinger Report - Jill Barshay "Abstract, pure math — [...]

June 27th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Common Core Math in the K-8 Classroom: Results from a National Teacher Survey

Thomas B. Fordham Institute - Jennifer Bay-Williams, Ann Duffett, David [...]

June 23rd, 2016|Categories: Common Core Standards, Math, Parents, Standards, Teacher|Tags: Education, School|

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Being bad with numbers could cost you financially

CNBC - Kelli B. Grant "If you want to be [...]

June 19th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Singapore Math Is Popular Among Educators Worldwide. Why?

The Asian Scientist - Claudia Chong "US-based company Singapore Math [...]

June 18th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Singapore, Singapore Math, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Teach to One: Inside the Personalized Learning Program That Bill Gates Calls the ‘Future of Math’

The 74 Million - Tim Newcomb "Imagine a team of [...]

June 17th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Simple Numbers Game Seems to Make Kids Better at Math

Science Daily - Staff Writer "Although math skills are considered [...]

June 16th, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Preschool, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Debunking the Myths Behind ‘The Math Myth’

The Atlantic - A.K. Whitney "When the political scientist Andrew [...]

June 13th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Algebra, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How High-Interest Examples of Math Prime Student Curiosity

KQED News Mind/Shift - Katrina Schwartz "Getting students excited and [...]

June 13th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Customized math lessons could help students learn more, research says

The Hechinger Report - Nichole Dobo "A math program that [...]

June 12th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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