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Some experts worry that less homework could be a problem for math achievement, at a time when test scores nationwide are already at a dismal low.
In this video series I show you how to graph linear inequalities. When graphing linear inequalities we now have to account for two variables. We graph linear inequalities using the same process as ...

America’s Math Crisis

We teach the wrong math, tested in the wrong way, writes Ted Dintersmith.
With a few instructional shifts, teachers can create classrooms that better encourage confidence and academic growth.
Math is a hierarchical field, building sequentially on prior concepts. Likewise, math standards in each grade presume that students have mastered the skills that came before in previous grades, and ...