When he first started teaching high school algebra at Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School, Jason Ovalles heard a familiar question from his students. "'Why are we doing this?' You know?
The developer of a new math curriculum in New York City schools said in an interview that teachers are in the midst of a “learning process” with the materials that will improve after a bumpy roll-out ...
This summer, the city unveiled “NYC Solves,” a new public-school math curriculum aimed at improving math scores by helping kids overcome their supposed “fear of math” — which already had us doubting ...
NYC schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels told principals on Monday that he plans to double down on former Mayor Eric Adams’ ...
New York City has got a math problem. Less than half of city kids passed the state Algebra 1 Regents exam this past school year, after the Department of Education introduced a controversial new math ...
Earlier this spring, hundreds of thousands of students across New York City took their annual state assessments. These assessments serve an important role, helping educators, families, and ...
BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kiddom, in partnership with Illustrative Mathematics (IM), today announced Kiddom IM v.360 Maryland, a new math curriculum built specifically for the Revised MCCRS for ...
Math anxiety does not just afflict students.Cindy Beaman, a GIPS math coach who works with teachers on how best to deliver math instruction, said the new curriculum is actually more traditional than ...
At Newton School Committee (NSC)’s meeting on Wednesday, Newton educators and parents established that it’s more than just homework and homerooms on their minds—it’s the future of math instruction and ...
This article was originally published in Chalkbeat. All New York City middle schools will be required to use city-approved curriculums for reading and math by fall 2027, Mayor Eric Adams and ...
When Baltimore’s chief academic officer and other school officials saw the stark results of a state standardized math exam in the summer of 2022, they set a plan to overhaul how students learn math.
Nearly half of Alberta’s Grade 6 students failed the provincewide math test in 2024, three years after the province started rolling out its new elementary school curriculum. Only 53 per cent of ...