Math teacher Charity Ann Chambers helps students “embrace mistakes.” Credit: Maya McFadden Photo As her ninth-grade students puzzled through box and dot plots, Achievement First Amistad High School ...

This post is by Kyna Airriess, a 9th grade student at Gary and Jerri Ann Jacobs High Tech High. In third grade I decided I didn’t like math. I wasn’t good at it, and I simply wasn’t going to pay it ...

“The only way to close achievement gaps is to slow down the fast learners.” Compared to other disciplines, mathematics has a much smaller number of concepts to learn. As a result, the students with ...

Confidence in your ability to learn is the key to success in math class! Some students who experience difficulty or struggle learning in math class give up because they think that they are not capable ...

When we think about lessons in joy and empathy, math class might not immediately spring to mind. But perhaps it should. Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education is often touted as ...