Math professor who criticized college's 'lowered' standards lands win in free speech case
A Reno, Nevada community college professor won a victory in appeals court this week after alleging he was retaliated against ...
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Pi Day Celebrations Add a Tasty Twist to Math Class
On March 14, math classes across the country will celebrate Pi Day—a national holiday in honor of the mathematical constant pi, which represents the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter ...
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Shifting Your Approach to Teaching Math Word Problems
Step 1: Read (and reread) the word problem. First, encourage students to read the word problem in its entirety, in order to ...
An Internet Commenter Asked One Innocent Question—and Accidentally Caused a Major Math Conundrum
The problem with this is that the answer to this question is a mathematical permutation (every way a set of items can be ...
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Ensuring That Math Instruction Provides Opportunities for All
Students bring different combinations of strengths and weaknesses to the math classroom, and teachers can help all of them ...
A Nevada Math Professor Who Was Disciplined for Criticizing Curriculum Changes Will Get His Day in Court
The 9th Circuit revived a First Amendment lawsuit by Lars Jensen, who says his community college punished him for complaining ...
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Trump’s Cuts to Ed. Spending Will Hit Efforts to Improve Reading and Math. Here’s How
The Ed. Dept. said federally funded centers were “forcing radical agendas.” State officials say they helped foster academic ...
Do the math: CT’s investment in tutoring adds up
Research shows when implemented with fidelity, high-dosage tutoring during school hours delivers outsized learning gains for ...