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To understand why, the team looked at the MRI scans.

Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...

A growing number of teachers are speaking out about a troubling trend they say they’re seeing in classrooms: students arriving without basic academic and life skills that were once considered a given.

(The Conversation) – When Frances E. Anderson saw the latest math scores for America’s fourth- and eighth-graders, she was hardly surprised that they had dropped. Until recently – including the period ...

A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that only one in eight elementary teacher preparation programs nationwide devote enough time to teaching fundamental math content ...

A blend of family attitudes, cultural ideas, and frustration often lead students to believe that math ability is a fixed trait like eye color, teachers say. They believe they are either born with the ...

Emma Lambert easily passed the writing portion of the basic skills test required of Pennsylvania teaching candidates. The math section took a few more attempts. As for reading? She failed 12 times ...

When Frances E. Anderson saw the latest math scores for America’s fourth-and eighth-graders, she was hardly surprised that they had dropped. Until recently — including the period of remote instruction ...