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Mathematics

DA surveys: 6 things school leaders say about the top instructional challenges

Matt Zalaznick -
Beyond recovering from the disruptions of the last two years, K-12 leaders are still grappling with a host of teaching challenges they faced prior to the pandemic. 

No feelings in math: How Florida is defending its rejection of textbooks

Matt Zalaznick -
Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration are not offering specifics beyond SEL and critical race theory to explain why textbooks violated Florida's K-12 standards.

SEL and CRT in math? Why one state just rejected 50 textbooks

Matt Zalaznick -
Math is one subject that has so far escaped the controversy that political leaders have created over critical race theory and social-emotional learning. Not anymore.

Top 10 states where the most in-person learning occurred during COVID

Matt Zalaznick -
"School closures may ultimately prove to be the most costly policy decision of the pandemic era." That's the somber conclusion made by researchers taking a fresh look at the economic and other impacts of COVID. 

Three school years into COVID, are students gaining ground or still sliding?

Matt Zalaznick -
Though many schools have held in-person instruction during most of 2021-22, one set of widely used assessments shows student performance in year two of the pandemic is lower than during the first year.

Let’s make COVID the catalyst for closing long-standing achievement gaps

Ryan Patenaude -
Here are three key requirements for success

Girls show higher aptitude than interest in STEM. Here’s how to get them engaged

Matt Zalaznick -
Female students have given several reasons for not taking STEM classes, including when a certain course is predominantly male. They are also worried about hazing or appearing less intelligent, career counselors say.

How districts can make summer school more like summer camp

Matt Zalaznick -
Here's one idea for K-12 educators now designing their summer school programs: You can teach literacy through fishing.

This one factor is blamed for more learning loss than remote instruction

Matt Zalaznick -
Remote learning was not the biggest reason some students fell so far behind in reading and math during the pandemic, new research revealed this week.

A capital investment in teachers and science

Jeanne McCarty -
As education leaders and policy-makers are deciding where to prioritize ESSER funding, here are three key steps to elevate science instruction district-wide for the long term. 

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