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The building blocks of math that students need to excel — but aren’t always getting

ATLANTA — Students gathered around a bright blue number board in Melissa Williams’ kindergarten class at the Westminster ...
KQED

The Building Blocks of Math That Students Need to Excel

ATLANTA — Students gathered around a bright blue number board in Melissa Williams’ kindergarten class at the Westminster School, gazing at the bank of 100 blank squares, organized in rows and columns ...
Education Week

Schools Prioritize Reading Intervention. But What About Math?

Throughout Tiffany Trevenen’s more than 30-year career in Moffat County schools in Craig, Colo., she has seen students experience the same math struggles again and again. “It was very apparent in ...
EdSurge

In Elementary School, Many Teachers Have a Shaky Grasp of Math. Can Preparation Programs Change That?

When it comes to math, students are struggling. The recent national assessment underscored that by revealing that 24 percent of fourth graders are still performing below basic math skills, also ...
Columbia Daily Tribune

MU program enters 10th year teaching teachers to teach math to elementary students

Corey Webel hopes he won't hear future generations of adults utter the words: "Don't make me do math." Webel directs the elementary math specialist program at the University of Missouri, starting its ...
Colorado Public Radio

This Colorado elementary school nearly closed. A math makeover helped it stay open

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. In 2019, Minnequa Elementary in Pueblo was on the brink of closing because of low test scores ...
Education Week

Are Aspiring Elementary Teachers Learning Enough Math?

Experts agree: Elementary teachers need to have a strong foundation in math. But teacher-preparation programs don’t always dedicate much time to elementary math coursework. That’s starting to change, ...