Bailey Hairston and Lauren Duval-Shepherd participate in a summer math lesson. Photo by Daniel Mollenkamp for EdSurge. PHILADELPHIA — Elle Oliver knows anger. Multiplying by 12 used to make the rising ...
Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...
After two decades in the education system as a math teacher, principal and administrator, Atiyah Harmon noticed a problem: young Black girls in middle school were increasingly disinterested in ...
You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play ...
Math teacher Emma Chiappetta uses a three-round exercise to help students not only recognize their errors, but also generate ...
For decades, educators have assumed that learning arithmetic in school helps students solve real-world problems. Yet, a new ...