EdSource · California teachers on the picket line amid shrinking school budgets While literacy is often seen as a cornerstone to scholastic achievement, and many parents devote a lot of time and ...

When Nicole Thomson first heard about the importance of teaching spatial reasoning and geometry in her kindergarten math curriculum she had already been teaching for several years. Her teacher ...

It is just as natural for young children to think mathematically about their world as it is for them to use language. They develop mathematical knowledge as they manipulate objects and reason about ...

Parents play a critical role in their children’s early math education. They not only can provide math-related toys and games, but serve as role models demonstrating how math is used in everyday ...

Research consistently tells us that foundational math skills are strong predictors of later academic success –- not only for advanced math but also for reading and cognitive development. In fact, ...

The first lesson (aimed at PreK-K learners) uses drawing and concrete materials to represent mathematical ideas. The second lesson (aimed at 1st-2nd graders) teaches students how to represent and ...

Getting early-childhood educators more comfortable with teaching math was the focus of a summer workshop held by the Erikson Institute in Chicago, Ill. Credit: Camilla Forte/The Hechinger Report The ...

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Includes updates and/or revisions. Two years into the nation’s largest experimental evaluation of commercial mathematics programs for early elementary school, the Institute of Education Sciences has ...

I'M SO EXCITED YOU'RE TUNED IN TO CLASSROOM CONNECTION. THIS IS THE WORLD BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, WHERE WE CONNECT TO THE WORLD RIGHT AT HOME. WE GOT SOME MATH, WE GOT SOME READING, BUT ALSO WE GOT SOME ...