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During the 2024–25 school year, 69% of students in Jordyn Hoffman’s third-grade classroom at Tri Elementary School achieved proficiency in mathematics on Indiana’s ILEARN assessment. One year later, that number climbed to 77%. Those results caught our attention in the small community just south of New Castle, Indiana. We wanted to find out what was … more »

The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) has announced that they will evaluate Indiana’s Academic Standards as a result of House Enrollment Act (HEA) 1251 enacted during the 2022 legislative session.  The IDOE will spend the next few months exploring ways to reduce the Indiana Academic Standards.    Here’s a portion of HEA 1251:                                                … more »

Touch math is a method of teaching math that involves using physical movements, such as touching or tapping, to represent mathematical concepts and perform calculations. While it has been marketed as a way to help students with learning disabilities or difficulty with math, there is limited research on its effectiveness and some concerns about its … more »

“A sample of 1,000 US Algebra # 1 teachers, most rated as “poor” their students’ knowledge of fractions and rated fractions as the second greatest impediment to their students mastering algebra (second only to “word problems)”.       Scientific American   By the time students leave elementary school many have missed out on gaining a deeper … more »