Tonya Clarke has always loved math. But the students she taught during her first year in the classroom 25 years ago decidedly did not. The class of juniors and seniors in Georgia’s Clayton County ...
One of the joys of being an educator is embracing all the differences every student brings to the classroom, while teaching them to celebrate those unique traits in themselves and each other. Yet, ...
Across the country this fall, millions of college students are walking into math classrooms worried about their future — perhaps with good reason. For decades, mathematics — particularly college ...
Math isn’t just about numbers. It’s about language, too. Many math tasks involve reading, writing, speaking, and listening. These language demands can be particularly challenging for students whose ...
BRAINTREE - Did you like doing math in school? Many people didn't. But a non-profit in Massachusetts is increasing the number of students of color and low-income students in advanced level math ...
“I’m just bad at math” is a phrase I adopted early in my school career. A straight-A student who filled endless notebooks with observations about the world around me, the way numbers were presented by ...