When I was in first grade, I had a remarkable teacher who believed in the importance of reading so much that she built a small library in the back of our classroom when the school library closed.

This same principle applies to education: If students never meet resistance from mistakes, they fail to develop the ...

California students face a math emergency, as newly released NAEP results show math achievement sliding to historic lows.

If the recent news of a new mathematics and statistics curriculum for years 0–10 felt familiar, that's because it was.

Examining mistakes gives students a chance to discuss misconceptions openly and find new approaches to solving problems.

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