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Birmingham City Schools Leads Groundbreaking Research on Student Motivation and Math Achievement

June 3, 2025 by ESchool News Staff

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. /PRNewswire/ — Birmingham City Schools (BCS) is spearheading an innovative research initiative to explore the critical link between student motivation and ... Read more

Teacher Professional Development

Only 1 in 8 elementary teacher prep programs adequately teach math

May 22, 2025 by ESchool News Staff

$Teacher prep programs must increase the time they spend on fundamental math concepts to develop great math teachers.$

Only one in eight elementary teacher preparation programs nationwide devote enough time to teaching fundamental math content topics (numbers & operations, algebraic thinking, geometry & measurement, and data…

Curriculum & Assessment

The key to boosting math achievement? Neuroscience

May 6, 2025 by Laura Ascione

$School district leaders need a solution that targets what's really behind lagging math scores--and neuroscience may hold the answer.$

After results from the 2024 NAEP were released, it became evident that students are struggling with math achievement. Amid disappointing and stagnant scores, district leaders are looking for…

Curriculum & Assessment

How a major MD district boosted middle math achievement

February 21, 2023 by Laura Ascione

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Improving math achievement has long been a sticking point for U.S. schools, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic's negative impact on learning. Now, one Maryland school district is seeing…

STEM & STEAM Trends

5 ways to create a strong math culture in your schools

December 7, 2022July 15, 2022 by Brenda Lynch, Retired Secondary Math Instructional Specialist, New Caney Independent School District

$A strong math culture can help students develop positive habits and mindsets that improve their math competency$

Picture this: a student enters your classroom, a negative attitude at the ready. They are distant during class, uninterested in engaging with the material, and their beliefs confirmed…

Ancillary

Free Math Program for iOS and Android

March 23, 2020March 18, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

In response to the demand for learning at home, Bedtime Math has taken their research-proven after-school math club activities and ... Read more

STEM & STEAM

Researchers: Math needs a more visual approach

April 14, 2016April 13, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Taking a more visual approach to math instruction at the K-12 and higher-ed levels could dramatically change brain development as it relates to future math success, according to…

District Management

Math education: What’s the problem?

August 23, 2012August 22, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

A new report from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) tackles the U.S. algebra and mathematics dilemma and is the latest to suggest that not all students should be…

IT Management

Turning up the heat: Summer school programs use math video games for enrichment and to stem summer brain drain

November 6, 2013June 3, 2010 by From staff reports

Statistics show that over the summer break, most students lose an average of two to three months of math computational skills they learned during the previous school year.…

Boosting Math Skills Through Personalized Instruction

Technology adds to students’ math comprehension

November 5, 2013March 17, 2010 by By Maya T. Prabhu, Assistant Editor

Recent studies from two different continents point to the value of education technology in helping students grasp important yet abstract math concepts—and in both studies, animations that allow…

Birmingham City Schools Leads Groundbreaking Research on Student Motivation and Math Achievement

Only 1 in 8 elementary teacher prep programs adequately teach math

The key to boosting math achievement? Neuroscience

How a major MD district boosted middle math achievement

5 ways to create a strong math culture in your schools

Free Math Program for iOS and Android

Researchers: Math needs a more visual approach

Math education: What’s the problem?

Turning up the heat: Summer school programs use math video games for enrichment and to stem summer brain drain

Technology adds to students’ math comprehension

ISTE Takeaways:What’s the Deal with Data—EdTech Research and Challenges

North Carolina District Wins ISTE 2025 Distinguished Award for AI Leadership and Parent Engagement Innovation

10 (and counting…) Google goodies for your classroom

ISTE Takeaways—What It Takes To Win the Impact Award

Look Who’s Talking—Bringing STEM Up To Speed

With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts

Savvy Cyber Kids Appoints New Members to Board of Directors

Project POTUS 2025 Middle School Winners Announced

K12 Earns High Marks for Excellence in Online Public Education

First AI-Powered Special Education Management Platform Helps Districts Reach 100% IEP Compliance

Students Using Lexia Core5 Reading Outperformed Their Peers On the Smarter Balanced English Language Arts/Literacy Assessment

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