Did you solve it? Guardian readers are less smart than German 10-year-olds – official

The Guardian - Alex Bellos "Waldemar the Elf has a [...]

December 7th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Germany, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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You’re wrong about Common Core math: Sorry, parents, but it makes more sense than you think

Salon - James Goodman "By now everyone has seen the [...]

December 5th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Common Core Standards, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The Politics of Math Education

The New York Times - CHRISTOPHER J. PHILLIPS "AMERICAN children [...]

December 3rd, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Common Core ignites math war in North Carolina

The News and Observer - Lynn Bonner "Sydney Young is [...]

December 1st, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Common Core Standards, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, North Carolina, School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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‘Not a Math Person’: How to Remove Obstacles to Learning Math

KQED News Mind/Shift - Katrina Schwartz "Stanford math education professor [...]

November 30th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Are you smarter than an 8th grader? Find out how you stack up against Common Core math

The Deseret News - Eric Schulzke "One of the main [...]

November 29th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Common Core Standards, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, School, School Accountability, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Using Creativity to Boost Young Children’s Mathematical Thinking

KQED News Mind/Shift - Deborah Farmer Kris "The students in [...]

November 28th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Shanghai teaching method ‘could improve UK results within four years’

The Guardian - Sally Weale "The government’s controversial experiment with [...]

November 28th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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How one school district works computational thinking into every grade and class

The Hechinger Report - Chris Berdik "Diagrams of simple machines [...]

November 23rd, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Pennsylvania, School District, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Would you pass the teachers’ numeracy skills test? – quiz

The Guardian - Sarah Marsh "Do you have good enough [...]

November 22nd, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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