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To boost math performance, some schools are experimenting with specialized math teachers — what’s known as departmentalizing — even for kids as young as 6. BATON ROUGE, La. — About two dozen second ...

There’s a scene in the 1988 movie "Stand and Deliver," where high school math teacher Jaime Escalante (played by Edward James Olmos) argues with the head of the school’s math program about the ...

HOLLAND, Mich. (WOTV) There’s a program in the Ottawa Area Intermediate School District that helps give students a boost in math. Delta Math is a test that allows teachers to identify students who may ...

Introducing new math concepts via already-worked examples can give students a significant boost in learning. But choosing the right problems makes a big difference. An analysis earlier this year of ...

When he teaches a math class, Tom Fisher wants students to feel confused. At least, he wants them to feel that way occasionally and temporarily. Mostly an administrator these days, Fisher still ...

To address a persistent teacher shortage in math and science, the California State University system is pumping $10 million into its Mathematics and Science Teacher Initiative over the next four years ...

Middle school math class probably isn’t on most people’s lists of favorite school memories. But that could be changing in one central Alabama school district thanks to the efforts of a corps of math ...

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