As her 7th graders wrapped up the school year this past spring, Louisiana math teacher Lerinda Baham was finishing a class of her own—a 50-hour teacher training in middle school math. With the ...

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In mathematics education, we have long relied on a familiar sequence: introduce vocabulary, demonstrate procedures, and assign practice. For some students, this works well enough. But for many ...

Districts are already making large financial investments into core programs. So why are they still buying more resources to make up for what their textbooks can’t do? Let’s be honest about what’s ...

A few years after Louisiana pushed schools to adopt a new, systemic approach to reading instruction, education officials want to revamp the way students learn math. Last month, the state emerged as an ...

Back to school should feel like popping champagne—not hiding in the pantry with a calculator and a box of tissues. When our little darlings head back to class, we want them to be confident, curious, ...