Many schools weave fitness and health awareness programs into their curriculum. Those programs help to unite the schools, and they often help create a culture of wellness throughout the community. Read more...

The Wonder Years' actress Danica McKellar discovered her love and aptitude for mathematics in college. McKellar hopes her book, Math Doesn't Suck, makes math more understandable for girls.

Rather than stressing memorization and repetitive exercises, the Mathnasium Method of math instruction focuses on first helping children develop an intuitive idea of how numbers work and learning how to do math mentally. Included: Some examples of Mathnasium exercises. I feel this is an excellent validation for making the changes necessary in Math instruction. Interesting read...

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Another excellent example of how learning for understanding impacts positive learning for children in mathematics!