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Report: Elementary School Teachers Still Struggling with Common Core
The Hechinger Report recently published an article describing the challenges many Elementary School teachers still face teaching Common Core math objectives. They conclude: “If the Common Core is to improve the math education of U.S. students as intended, experts agree … Continue reading
Happy Blogversary: Top Ten Blog Posts of the Year!
It was one year ago that we launched the Ascend Math blog. In that time, we’ve provided nearly 100 posts covering important topics like the latest research on BYOD, common core, and math intervention strategies. What’s more, we provided teachers and … Continue reading
Award Winning Math Intervention Program Becomes More Interactive
ASCEND MATH ADDS INTERACTIVITY TO ALL OF THEIR AWARD WINNING INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS Shreveport, LA 9/9/2014 Ascend Education announced today that they are adding new levels of interactivity to all of the instructional videos found in Ascend Math. Ascend Math is … Continue reading
ELL Students Doing Well in Math but May be Hurt by Common Core
The Atlantic put out a fascinating article recently featuring ELL elementary students in California that are doing exceptionally in math. The school is 60% English Language Learners. Despite years of state funding cuts and classes that average 30 or more … Continue reading
Using common core to your advantage
Here is a repost from the blog craftymathed. We thought this might be of practical help for some of you struggling with the transition to Common Core. Using the common core to my advantage This year I switched to using the … Continue reading