How Can We Teach Math To Encourage ‘Patient Problem Solving’?

KQED News Mind/Shift - Katrina Schwartz "Educators who have bought [...]

October 19th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Problem-solving, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Educators try to come to terms with low math scores on Smarter Balanced tests

EdSource - Fermin Leal "As parents across the state open [...]

October 15th, 2015|Categories: California, Common Core Standards, Math, Mathematics, Testing|Tags: Education, School|

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Boys trail girls in literacy and numeracy when starting school

The Guardian - Sally Weale "Boys starting school are being [...]

October 13th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Boys, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Gender, Girls, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Literacy, literature, Math, Mathematics, News, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Where The Wild Fractions Are: The Power Of A Bedtime (Math) Story

NPR - Eric Westervelt "Parents who are uneasy about their [...]

October 10th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Can you answer the tricky crocodile maths question, that left students ‘in tears’?

The Telegraph - Josie Gurney-Read " A report on a [...]

October 10th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, School, Scotland, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Bedtime problems boost kids’ math performance

Science Magazine - Adrian Cho ""Mommy? Daddy? Read me a [...]

October 9th, 2015|Categories: Math, Mathematics, Parenting, Parents, Skills, Students|Tags: Education, School|

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Statisticians wanted: The lesser-known, but also hot tech field

The Seattle Times - Katherine Long "In recent years, there’s [...]

October 5th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Career, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Math, science need to be a bigger part of early childhood education, expert tells Baton Rouge audience

The Advocate - Charles Lussier "The growing emphasis on math [...]

October 4th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Learning, Louisiana, Math, Mathematics, News, Preschool, School, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Math and me: Children who identify with math get higher scores

Phys.org - Staff Writer "How strongly children identify with math [...]

October 1st, 2015|Categories: Academic Achievement, Girls, Math, Mathematics, Self-image, Testing|Tags: Education, School|

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I have a PhD in economics and still don’t consider myself a “math person”

Quartz - Allison Schrager "My math career had an inauspicious [...]

September 26th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Girls, Learning, Math, Mathematics, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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