Did you know? One out of every five students reports being bullied during the school year. (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2016) As a school administrator, some of the hardest conferences I have held were with parents whose child was being targeted by a bully. In elementary school, with set classes and teacher supervision, it is possible to solve the problem by limiting the bully’s ability to interact with the other child. But in middle school and high school it

Tennessee has never turned heads when it comes to proficiency on national tests but, based on several batches of NAEP scores and now Reardon’s map, it’s raising eyebrows on student growth Here’s why people are talking about Tennessee, a ‘bright green rectangle’ on a new U.S. map of student growth

Students begin their higher education journey with the expectation that it will lead to a fulfilling career. While some spend this time determining what that career will be, others know exactly what they want and how to get there. First year Florida State University student Rebecca Caro falls into the second category. Interested in math from an early age, Rebecca is pursuing a degree in actuarial science. In honor of Math Awareness Month, Rebecca shares insight into how math

According to an (admittedly unscientific) survey of my high school students, there is no conceivable reason for them to learn Algebra. Additional questioning indicates no need to learn math at all. I am a contrarian, however, and would provide a rebuttal to my students’ well-made case against math. The biggest attack my students make against algebra is simply that they won’t use it in “real life”—whatever that is. And maybe they have a point. I rarely see custodians, fast-