An initiative aimed at raising student achievement doesn't give students enough practice with foundational skills, some say.

For most, thoughts of early math lessons conjure images of number lines, multiplication tables and memorization. But a few teachers at West Elementary School are trying a new approach: talking it ...

Unlike simultaneous, class-wide tests or exit tickets, Mastery Checks allow students to demonstrate learning at their own ...

A little over three years ago, math teachers at Hutchinson High School decided it was time to offer more help to students in the classroom. “It felt like you were a fireman figuring out what is ...

Starting lessons with a read-aloud can boost engagement and inspire students to make personal connections to math concepts.

I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...

Trouble sleeping. Mood swings. Quick to get mad. These were some of the changes 13-year-old Isha Shah first noticed in fifth grade and attributed to part of the tough job of growing up. But by seventh ...