Previous research has indicated benefits and potential pitfalls of within-class homogeneous and heterogeneous ability grouping for elementary math learning. However, there has been scant evidence with ...

It doesn’t take much to astound the education world. A few years ago the experts were rocked by news that “most juvenile crime happens after school.’ Yes, according to researchers, more kids commit ...

All of my students (9th graders) were more than two years behind in math when I began teaching in the Chicago Public Schools in 1993. (This was based on students’ 8th grade test results and confirmed ...

School officials Tuesday encouraged the board of education to phase out grouping students by their math abilities in the lower grades. At Spaulding School, which has kindergarten through fourth-grade ...

Hannah Moulton teaches Algebra 1. But before her 9th graders get started on graphing linear functions or solving quadratic equations, she makes sure that they have a much more basic skill down pat.

It doesn't take much to astound the education world. A few years ago the experts were rocked by news that "most juvenile crime happens after school." Yes, according to researchers, more kids commit ...