A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district ...

Jennifer Melaragno measured her impact one classroom at a time for most of her career. Now, as Newberry Elementary’s literacy specialist and third- and fourth-grade math teacher, she’s building ...

As her 7th graders wrapped up the school year this past spring, Louisiana math teacher Lerinda Baham was finishing a class of her own—a 50-hour teacher training in middle school math. With the ...

Why math centers: They provide structured, engaging ways for students to practice key skills while freeing teachers to work with small groups. Consistent yet flexible: Keeping the format the same but ...

Remainder. Product. Algorithm. Ordered pair. Seemingly jargony words and phrases like these, referring to specific math concepts, might seem complex for elementary school students to grasp. But ...