We’ve been studying middle grade math blends and with the help of guest authors and partners we’ve observed 10 lessons. 1. School-wide. Blended classrooms can be beneficial, but blended learning is a ...

Metcalfe County Middle School students are running their own ice cream parlors this week as part of an algebra project that uses linear systems to connect classroom math to real-world business skills.

PORT CLINTON - Students in Erica Laughlin's and Lacy Schimming’s classroom learned about the Pythagorean Theorem in a “cheesy” lesson. To help students understand that a²+b²=c², Cheez-it crackers were ...

Sixth graders at Jefferson Middle School gathered together Thursday morning for math class in the media center. They were intrigued to find out why their class wasn’t taking place in their regular ...

Compare and contrast these two assignments. Both target an 8th grade standard on seeing structure in an expression and being able to represent that expression in different ways. Which do you suppose ...

A student at Morey Middle School concentrates over a tough math problem in her Teach to One program. Many American students struggle in math. And the statistics show it: High schoolers who take ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. As a senior at Indianapolis’ Ben Davis High School, Jacob Gregory enrolled in an Exploratory ...

Math teacher Samantha McGlennen wandered around her Summit Middle School classroom, unfazed by the students’ chatter and laughter during a recent lesson about exponential growth. Their behavior – ...

Northside Middle School eighth grade math teacher Amber Benson reviews a slope exercise. She and co-teacher Ruby Voss said they try to make students stakeholders in each other’s success. Credit: ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. When Salvador Quijada, a seventh and eighth grade math teacher at Philip’s Academy Charter ...

For the next three years, every superintendent needs to focus on improving middle school math. Performance on California’s 2022 Smarter Balanced scores dropped 6.5% in math and 4% in English language ...