The cognitive flexibility that comes from being multilingual can give students a boost in math—if teachers know how to build on English learners’ strengths. Seventy-seven percent of 8th-grade ...

Question: Why is labeling students “high,” “medium,” and “low” problematic?

Parents, teachers, and school board members celebrated when Volusia County School District received its first ‘A' grade since the 2008-2009 school year. However, nearly half of its high school ...

Fourth-graders work in their classroom at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena in 2023. Tests scores of fourth- and eighth-grade students across the nation continue to lag. (Christina House / Los ...

English Language Learners (ELLs) at risk for math disabilities (MD) are challenged in solving word problems for numerous reasons such as (a) learning English as a second language, (b) limited ...