The Hechinger Report

Building better early grade math teachers: Milwaukee goes back to an old playbook

Claire Madden, a math education specialist for Milwaukee schools, shows teachers different methods of subtracting two-digit numbers. Credit: Abby J. McFarland for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...
Education Week

What Does Math Teaching Look Like in U.S. Schools? 5 Charts Tell the Story

How do math teachers select curriculum materials, and what instructional practices do they use? A new EdWeek Research Center survey sheds some light on these questions. Earlier this month, Education ...
Education Week

Ditch Those Math Worksheets. The Case for Teaching Real-World Problem Solving in K-5

The designers for Monte Vista Elementary School’s proposed outdoor classroom had some key questions to answer: What materials could they use while staying under the district’s $10,000 budget? How much ...
Today

5th grade math tips: Here's how to help your student

Hoping to help your fifth-grader with math skills? Here are some basic tips that experts suggest for fifth-graders. As the math they’re learning becomes more complicated and less obviously connected ...
Yahoo

Teachers like Jon Meyer are preparing for a new school year. Here's what teaching 5th grade looks like in Fond du Lac.

FOND DU LAC – This time of year, local teachers like Waters Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Jon Meyer are busy preparing for a new crew of students. One of many career paths in the Fond du Lac ...