Accelerated Math, a software tool for middle school math used in an estimated 30,000 schools nationwide, has been found to have “no discernable effect” on student achievement by federal officials who ...
Districts can offer high school math the traditional American way or blend Algebra and Geometry together, the way other nations do. The choice has set off heated discussions. See accompanying article.
The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is moving to eliminate all accelerated math options prior to 11th grade, effectively keeping higher-achieving students from advancing as they usually would ...
Many students in middle school are testing into higher levels of math than their peers. Is it smart to advance your student, or keep her at her grade level until she really masters the material? We ...
It just didn’t add up. A top city middle school has backtracked on plans to get rid of accelerated math courses after a ferocious parental outcry this week. Lab Middle School for Collaborative studies ...
In late April 2021, various right-leaning news outlets ran inaccurate headlines stating that the state of Virginia would eliminate accelerated math courses for all students in grades below 11th, ...
When gifted intervention specialist Amy Alexander prompts her Cherokee Elementary students to select an item from anywhere in the classroom, the kids spring to action. They search high and low, eager ...
Starting last fall, the Rancho Santa Fe School District offered its middle school students a new honors and accelerated math pathway, providing more rigor to the academic program to give ...
What happens when two bright and conscientious parents, without planning to do so, create one of the most ambitious math acceleration programs in the country? Jason and Sandy Roberts started the Math ...