The Hechinger Report

PROOF POINTS: Many high school math teachers cobble together their own instructional materials from the internet and elsewhere, a survey finds

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Forbes

Artificial Intelligence Students Go To School To Learn Math

Imagine a classroom full of bright young students, all striving to do their best on a high school math test. They sit, heads slightly bowed, pencils ready, each one thinking about how to tackle each ...
WAVY-TV

8 real-life applications for math equations you learned in high school

(STACKER) – Let’s face it: Math can be a polarizing subject, especially among high school students who don’t think they’ll ever use it again after graduation. Sometimes kids might dread their ...
The Conversation

‘I was scared’: many student teachers had bad maths experiences at school. Here’s how they can do better

Tracey Muir has received funding from the Australian Research Council for other projects not related to this article. Julia Hill received funding from the Australian Government Research Training ...
Education Week

With Larry Ferlazzo

Bobson Wong (@bobsonwong) has taught high school math in New York City public schools since 2005. He is a three-time recipient of the Math for America Master Teacher fellowship, a recipient of the New ...
Chicago Tribune

Students passing new Round Lake High School math course would skip college placement test

Quadratic functions are something Round Lake High School seniors have learned before, but in preparation for college math placement tests, Craig Schrader’s applied math class has been going through ...
Yahoo

UC stirs furious debate over what high school math skills are needed to succeed in college

San Gabriel High School teacher Leah Ulloa Ruiz teaches a data science lesson to calculate the likelihood of whether men or women will be victims in horror movies. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times ...
Los Angeles Times

Modern high school math should be about data science — not Algebra 2

Thanks to the information revolution, a stunning 90% of the data created by humanity has been generated in just the past two years. Yet the math taught in U.S. schools hasn’t materially changed since ...
The Press of Atlantic City

In The Schools: Atlantic City High School math lessons change with the economy

For years Atlantic City High School math teacher Robert Cacioppo taught the traditional lesson on compound interest by using the the “Rule of 72,” which says money invested for 12 years at 6 percent ...
The Australian

Schools are blocking pipeline of maths and science graduates, research reveals

A Swinburne University of Technology study found schools had prevented some students from taking high-level maths subjects in years 11 and 12. The maths curriculum is so crowded and complex, the study ...
Education Week

With Larry Ferlazzo

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What are some best practices for teaching high school mathematics? As in any subject, there are a zillion different instructional strategies and practices that math ...