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 ...

Recently, this BuzzFeed article sharing firsthand stories from teachers got a fair bit of attention. Teachers from kindergarten to college detailed their experiences and frustrations teaching kids who ...

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 ...

Aaron Jawson regularly spends time reteaching the basics to his sixth grade math students. They often have a bit of a complex ...

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