middle school math Archives

When practice becomes data: Helping teachers respond to student misconceptions

September 8, 2026September 8, 2026 by Henry Yang, EduNinja

A student can complete 20 questions and still leave a teacher with very little useful information. A score may show that something went wrong, but it does not…

Curriculum & Assessment

A new approach to middle school math data boosted our state test scores

September 2, 2026 by Kaitlin Fields, Metropolitan School District of Washington Township

$Having more clarity about what middle school math content is being taught—and why—has led to increased rigor in classrooms.$

Picture a group of middle school math teachers meeting to mull over a specific problem. Their eighth graders keep missing the same assessment question about graphing a system…

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Showfloor News: PBLWorks creates PBLWorks TEACH to help scale project based learning

July 7, 2025July 2, 2025 by Laura Ascione

The Buck Institute for Education (dba PBLWorks), a national provider of professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning (PBL), is ... Read more

District Management

4 reasons to rethink middle school math acceleration practices

November 15, 2021 by Liz Peyser, National Director of Content and Implementation, Curriculum Associates

$Given past research and present COVID learning gaps, district leaders may want to evaluate current middle school math acceleration programs$

As the pandemic continues to impact another school year, a lot of focus has been on “accelerating learning,” which is about maintaining on-grade level instruction or infusing pre-requisite…

STEM & STEAM

Five apps for boosting middle school math skills

February 26, 2014February 26, 2014 by ESchool Media Contributors

Here are reviews of five high-quality digital apps that can help teach middle school math, courtesy of Common Sense Media and its new Graphite service—a free database of…

Curriculum

N.C. schools: Middle school math too hard for elementary students

June 4, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Under new education reforms adopted by North Carolina, gifted elementary school students will no longer be able to take middle school courses formerly available to them, the Huffington…

District Management

School of One boosts individual learning

April 25, 2011October 13, 2010 by By Jenna Zwang, Assistant Editor

Although an innovative school model in New York City called the School of One has just started its first full year of implementation, it already has garnered national…