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Illustrative Mathematics, Family Engagement Lab, and Partnership for Los Angeles Schools Collaborate to Support Family Engagement in Math

eSchool News

Illustrative Mathematics (IM) and Family Engagement Lab have partnered to bridge classroom curriculum and at-home learning in elementary school mathematics. Family engagement in learning is a powerful lever to advance equitable educational outcomes. About the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools. About Illustrative Mathematics.

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PROOF POINTS: Fixing online credit recovery remains elusive

The Hechinger Report

Educators are worried about a wave of high school students who are failing classes during the pandemic. Online credit recovery programs were a big driver of improving high school graduation rates, which soared from under 70 percent in 2007 to over 84 percent in 2016. A December 2021 McKinsey report predicted that an additional 1.7

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OPINION: Three ways to help students who switch schools midyear

The Hechinger Report

public schools over six years (2007/08 to 2012/13). We’re also investing in more career and technical education programs — from sports medicine, digital media and commercial aquaponics to carpentry, HVAC and electrician careers — that are open to students across the district. Percent change in the number of homeless students in U.S.

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What role should a teacher play in choosing books kids read?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I’m also limited by my experience as a secondary teacher; these conversations have less controversy in lower elementary, though discussions about appropriateness do surface more commonly in the upper elementary/middle school transition. Free speech is not just a legal imperative; it is a core educational principle.”