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Setting the Stage for Making Sense of Math is the second in a four-part blog series on inspiring math achievement in the classroom. To read the first blog post, head over here. At the beginning of a unit on decimals, I wanted students to connect to what they already knew about whole number place value. I…

Creating a Culture of Risk-taking in the Mathematics Classroom is the first in a four-part blog series on inspiring math achievement in the classroom. To read the second blog post, head over here. At the beginning of each school year we spend time helping students learn expectations for walking down hallways and how to act in the cafeteria.…

Many of us, when we think of addressing equitable student outcomes in mathematics education, think of advocating for each and every student to have access to a rigorous and coherent curriculum. And this does remain a significant concern in the U.S. Research indicates that students from marginalized groups continue to have less access to college…

What assumptions might teachers or administrators make about students in their K-12 school districts? How might making these assumptions have unintended negative consequences? These questions and others were the foundation of a keynote speech from Math Solutions professional learning expert Nicole Bridge at the HMH offices this summer. K-12 teachers and administrators attended the professional…

At Math Solutions, we love math talk! Nothing makes us happier than seeing students engaged in conversation about math. We love seeing students explain their reasoning, deepening their mathematical understanding and learning. We have many resources we share with educators to help ensure teachers can foster an environment conducive to learning and a classroom culture…

Mary Mitchell reviews Math Workshop by Jennifer Lempp, and explains why it is every math teacher’s new best friend.

MDISC authors shine a light on the need for professional learning facilitators to help teachers enable every math student to engage in classroom discourse that is both productive an

We’re celebrating the release of Jennifer Lempp’s Math Workshop with a holiday giveaway! We’re giving away two special prize packs with invaluable resources teachers need to effectively implement math workshop in their classroom. Up for grabs is a copy of Math Workshop, a copy of Math Games, and a Math Talk Moves poster. To enter, just share with…

Jennifer Lempp’s Math Workshop video resource offers a solution for tackling differentiation and supporting all learners’ needs in the math classroom.

How can we get students to reason and make sense of numbers when they learn operations? Math Solutions Professional Learning Specialist Ivan Alba walks ICLE Senior Fellow Weston Kieschnick through some common issues students face when learning mathematics, and how we can help students move beyond digits and see numbers as quantities. Ivan outlines the…