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Jennifer Crump’s students got fired up to study math by researching the question, “Are human beings proportional?”

Changing the Face of Math

Student perceptions may hold the key to mastering a “cold” subject

What if our national problems with math—from poor school and test performance to the dearth of STEM grads—are more about fuzzy-sounding stuff like relationships, emotion, and identity than, well, actual math? Continue

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Lessons from the Data Wise Project

Three habits of mind for building a collaborative culture

Formative Assessment and Children’s Rights

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Nine Ways the Common Core Will Change Classroom Practice

Changing the Face of Math

Student perceptions may hold the key to mastering a “cold” subject

Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions

One small change can yield big results

Kids Haven’t Changed; Kindergarten Has

New data support a return to “balance” in kindergarten

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Integrated Data Systems Link Schools and Communities

A few years ago, Milbrey McLaughlin, professor emeritus of Stanford University’s School of Education, presided over a briefing with a group of concerned youth services workers in northern California. Continue

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