One of the few rigorous studies of its kind shows that first-grade math teachers tend to use unproven alternative techniques when there are more math-challenged students in their class. Believe it or ...

The Common Core Organizer, Assessment Guide and Portfolio for First Grade Mathematics is full of tools that you can use to teach and assess first grade Common Core mathematics skills to your class ...

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Author Robert Fulghum famously wrote, “All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten.” But the pandemic meant that many students missed that pivotal school year or experienced a more disrupted ...

Teachers draw maps to visualize directions described in a picture book. Spatial awareness is a key early math concept. Credit: Camilla Forte/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...

This story is part of an ongoing series of profiles by NorthJersey.com celebrating K-12 teachers whose colleagues have recognized them for making a difference to their students and their profession, ...

One of the few findings in education research on which everyone seems to agree is that when it comes to teacher quality, experience counts. Teachers who’ve been on the job at least three years tend, ...