These low-floor, high-ceiling problems support differentiation, challenging all students by encouraging flexible thinking and allowing for multiple solution paths.

In Dan Goldfield’s high school math class, students don’t learn about large numbers by staring at a whiteboard and copying zeros. They go to a beach and count grains of sand. “Some of them start by ...

Provide opportunities for students to engage in data and statistical reasoning using authentic datasets. Use real-life civic and social contexts, such as housing costs, pollution, and school funding, ...

Most people in the math education space agree that students need to be fluent with basic math facts. By the time kids are in ...

Most days in Molly Schaefer’s 8th grade geometry class, her students are focused on math concepts—learning about radians or cross-sections of three-dimensional figures. But one Friday about a month ...

These student-constructed problems foster collaboration, communication, and a sense of ownership over learning.

Show biz. Math. Show biz. Math. Which would Lincoln-Way East senior John Salomone pursue in college, mathematics (his first love) or musical theater? He decided to leave it up to the colleges. If one ...

Math often feels disconnected from the real lives of students. They learn the steps, solve equations and check their work, ...

Colleges created remedial education classes to ensure students were sufficiently prepared for more advanced material. But increasingly, there’s a sense that remedial courses are hurting the prospects ...