But students who can recall these foundational facts in isolation often struggle to use them flexibly to solve complex, real-world problems, known as procedural fluency. “Mathematics is not just ...

Kindergartners who are 5- and 6-year-old beginning readers need to read nonfiction books as well as fiction books. They'll ...

The emergent reader program provides Kindergarten and first grade children a time to build foundational ... They also listen to the tutor model fluent reading, while incorporating vocabulary and ...

A project focused on discovery and analysis allows students to read, collaborate, and demonstrate their knowledge as they ...

As 2nd graders gain confidence and skills with reading, every book they read helps improve fluency, a love of reading, and comprehension strategies. (Except in cases of learning differences.) So we ...

Third grade is a benchmark year for achieving fluency. In 2018-19, the last year before the pandemic ... In the past three ...

Teaching algebraic thinking skills early—like generalizing, representing, and reasoning—can set students up for success, ...

A number of years ago, I remember seeing an amusing cartoon. It showed a man sitting in a wing chair, and next to him, in ...

Imagine waking up for the first day of middle school and discovering you’ve already missed class — for more than half the ...

Kids in Massachusetts, and nationwide, are behind on reading. In her State of the Commonwealth address at the beginning of ...

English and math scores improved from 2023 to 2024, but still have not caught up to results from prior to the pandemic.