Education leaders across Pennsylvania readily acknowledge that student achievement in mathematics is not where it needs to be. This harsh reality, exacerbated by the pandemic, continues today as we ...

While it is true there is only one right answer to every math problem, elementary school teacher and Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching winner Michael Flynn believes there is ...

Experts agree: Elementary teachers need to have a strong foundation in math. But teacher-preparation programs don’t always dedicate much time to elementary math coursework. That’s starting to change, ...

Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...

A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that only one in eight elementary teacher preparation programs nationwide devote enough time to teaching fundamental math content ...

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