Choosing high school courses can feel high-stakes—and for good reason. According to a survey from the National Association for College Admission Counseling, nearly 87% of colleges believe curriculum ...
“Mathematics has always been animated by the sense of play, and the deepest mathematicians and deepest thinkers are the ones who can play with very technical things.” When high school students are ...
I love a good road trip, particularly now that things have thawed here in New England. In addition to picking a playlist or downloading an audiobook, I set my GPS to be sure I’m taking the best route.
Worries about lackluster student academic performance in math – as evidenced by scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress – have grown significantly in recent years. These concerns ...
Review of The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions, By Andrew Hacker (The New Press, 2016), 240 pp.; $17.30: ISBN-10: 1620970686, ISBN-13: 978-1620970683 I believe it is safe to say the United States ...
In moving to the Common Core State Standards this year, California school districts had to choose between serving up high school math as one big stew or as the curricular equivalent of separate ...
After years of concerted effort and focus by teachers and students, Del Norte High’s math program has been consistently proving that its approach to helping and encouraging all students to excel is ...