Across the country, 4th and 8th graders are taking the National Assessment of Educational Progress in a range of subjects this month, but I’ll be paying particularly close attention to how middle ...

As their assignments become more complicated, you might start to feel that your child's math homework is outpacing your comfort level. Continue to review math materials with their before class and to ...

Last year, my seventh-grade class created at-scale drawings of cost-efficient cabins for an outdoor education camp. Using three-dimensional figures and proportional reasoning, my students designed and ...

When Nathan Grebil pops in at Rian Lynam’s seventh-grade math class at Del Mar Middle School in Tiburon, it’s no accident. Grebil, hired this year by Reed Union School District trustees as a teacher ...