What Neuroscience Can Tell Us About Making Fractions Stick

KQED News Mind/Shift - Katrina Schwartz "Fractions are a notoriously [...]

November 21st, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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NBA, Discovery Education partner to make math appealing to nation’s youth

USA Today - AJ Neuharth-Keusch "Imagine, just for a second, [...]

November 19th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, School, Sports, Statistics, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Teaching Preschoolers Language of Math Adds Up to Stronger Skills

Laboratory Equipment - Staff Writer "Teaching preschool children simple math-related [...]

November 14th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Parenting, Parents, Preschool, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Older teenagers ‘quicker to improve maths and reasoning skills’

The Guardian - Richard Adams "Older teenagers and young adults [...]

November 7th, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, School, School Accountability, Teacher, Teaching, Teens, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Teaching Computational Thinking is the First Step to Bridging STEM Skills Gap

Ed Tech Magazine - Meghan Bogardus Cortez "Computational thinking — [...]

November 5th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Computer Science, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The importance of ‘wow’ in learning

The Star - Catherine Little "In our quest for higher [...]

November 3rd, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Canada, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, School, School Accountability, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How One School Changed Its Math Culture, Starting With Teachers

KQED News Mind/Shift - Staff Writer "Many educators are aware [...]

November 2nd, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, School, School Accountability, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Gender gaps in math persist, with teachers underrating girls’ math skills

Science Daily - Staff Writer "Beginning in early elementary school, [...]

October 31st, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Gender, Girls, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Computer games affect maths and reading skills

The Irish Examiner - Niall Murray "A study of 8,000 [...]

October 26th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Ireland, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Reading, Reading Difficulties, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Why Math Education in the U.S. Doesn’t Add Up

The Scientific American - Jo Boaler and Pablo Zoido "In [...]

October 15th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Global, Global Competence, Globalized World, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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