With a few instructional shifts, teachers can create classrooms that better encourage confidence and academic growth.

I wasn’t expecting a math journal entry to shift my perspective. But as I scanned through my students’ reflections that morning, one response stopped me in my tracks: “It’s more important to me that ...

Helping students see how what they are learning in school is relevant to their lives, hopes, and dreams enhances motivation. It can also be challenging to teachers who are tasked with covering a lot ...

By listening to recordings of students solving math problems, teachers can determine their next steps, such as how to pair ...

Why combining structure, application, and collaboration in classrooms leads to deeper learning and improving math instruction ...

Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. The teacher knows from working with the student previously that although she can easily follow ...

During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 ...

For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. The kids had fun, but the ...

Philanthropist Jim Simons revolutionized education giving by channeling funds directly to public school teachers through fellowships. This approach combats teacher burnout and isolation, transforming ...

Students in Carmel Del Mar’s Math Club had success competing in two international math competitions this school year, Math ...

Jody Nolf is an associate language and literacy specialist at Vista Higher Learning. For more than 20 years, she taught English and reading to middle and high school students. Six years ago, she ...