Writing is a labor of love. It has to be, because it takes a lot out of the author! Time, creativity, patience, impatience.... not to...

The Harvey Academy in Tequesta, Florida has reason to celebrate: their 4th and 8th grade students outperformed national math and reading...

Dyscalculia Fact Sheet What is dyscalculia? Dyscalculia is a learning disability that affects math. Is it like dyslexia? Dyscalculia and...

Dyscalculia is a math learning disability that impacts a students’ ability to remember and recall basic facts, problem-solving...

Betty came to me as a 6th grade homeschool student. She had given up on being successful in a traditional classroom, and had given up on...

This week, a parent asked me or some practical advice to help her son as he starts 4th grade. This is the weekly email his teachers sent...

Most math teachers agree that a sign of being "good" at math is memorizing the times tables. Not true! Memorizing basic facts can...

This article appeared in the Summer 2022 issue of Connections, the online journal of the Association of Math Teacher Educators. Every...

Some of your best math teaching tools are probably sitting in a cup on your desk or hiding in a bucket in the closet: highlighters,...

5th grader William (not his real name) attended the private school where I was a teacher and math specialist. As a young child, William...

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Teachers have a mountain of student data, but don’t always have time to connect that data to student outcomes. This is especially true of...

Words matter. I hear from parents all over the country that their school “doesn’t accommodate” dyscalculia, or that their child is...

When I first met Cheryl, she was entering fourth grade but stuck doing kindergarten math work. Her teachers wouldn’t give her...

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Middle school can be a tough time for any student, but for children with Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), there are extra struggles....

Grades, goals, and gains: we’ve got to set them, record them, and hopefully have time to use them to drive future instruction. Each of...

“I always allow all of my students access to a times table, I'm not assessing them on whether they know their multiplication facts, so...

As the first 9 weeks come to a close, are you prepared for grading students with IEP’s and 504’s? Many teachers and administrators are...