What does math have to do with a Taylor Swift concert? Just ask Lauren Sobolewski. The math teacher at Harmon Middle School in Aurora has tuned into the wildly popular singer for her lesson plan for ...
California educators are working on a plan to overhaul the way math is taught in K-12 schools. The plan has drawn critics who say it will hold back gifted students, while supporters say it will ...
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. I went to high school at age 11. Within two years, I had run out of math and Spanish classes ...
Exceptional secondary school students take advanced mathematics courses through the Gifted Math Program, which is supported by this fund. Each year, the Gifted Math Program (GMP) enrolls approximately ...
A small but growing number of American schools are reducing or delaying access to advanced courses. Most often, these changes have been enacted in the name of reducing achievement gaps between ...
The California Department of Education’s 2021 mathematics framework seeks to end accelerated math opportunities for gifted students due to racial disparities in “gifted” math programs. “In California ...
To the editor: As a retired teacher, educational administrator and credentialed specialist in gifted education, I am concerned by the state proposal to keep all students in the same math class until ...
CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters. When Rebecca Pariso agreed to join a team of educators tasked in late 2019 with California’s new mathematics framework, she said ...