This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report. ASTON, Pa.— In Jodie Murphy’s kindergarten class, math lessons go beyond the basics of counting and recognizing numbers. On a recent ...

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West Mercer Elementary and the school’s PTA organized a Thanksgiving Food Drive to support the Rainier Valley Food Bank. West Mercer kindergarten teachers Michele Frisch, Tara Hutschreider and Claire ...

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — In Washington, new data now shows a record number of kindergarteners with better cognitive, math and reading skills. In the Fall of 2023, 52.5% of kindergarteners showed ...

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Math education is rapidly changing. And while there are real headwinds with respect to math achievement, the new ideas and curricula that are emerging have the potential to power real progress for ...

Both the dreams of young people and the reality of jobs have changed dramatically over the last 30 years, moving math success from optional to a necessity. But the way we educate children hasn’t ...

Zachary Champagne’s 3rd and 4th graders figure out early on that this math class will be different when their teacher tells them: “I don’t care about the answer.” The goal is to shift his elementary ...

CHICAGO | How many standardized tests do Chicago Public School kindergarteners actually take? The answer, it seems, depends on who you ask. Last week Karen Lewis, the often-feisty president of the ...

America’s youngest students entered school this year with weaker math and reading skills, compared with before the pandemic, according to new data that is surprising some educators. In kindergarten, ...