These four classroom shifts can make academic risk-taking feel safer, clearer, and more worthwhile for middle school students ...

They found that students assigned to teachers who used more mathematical vocabulary in their lessons made greater progress ...

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Math teacher Emma Chiappetta uses a three-round exercise to help students not only recognize their errors, but also generate ...

Math anxiety grows from stress, culture, and experience, not ability. By changing how we teach, test, and talk about math, we ...

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Sarah D. Sparks is a reporter and data journalist for Education Week who covers the teaching profession and pedagogy for Education Week. She has covered education research and the science of learning ...