The Missing Piece in Math Reform: Identifying and Supporting Students with Dyscalculia
Dyscalculia is a neurological learning disability that makes numbers and math difficult—it’s the math equivalent of dyslexia and affects a similar share of students (3-8% of school-age children). But while dyslexia has decades of legislative mandates, screening requirements, specialist roles, and teacher preparation behind it, dyscalculia has almost none of that infrastructure. This brief explores […]
Navigating the Math Wars: A Practical Guide to the Divides and Debates Influencing Math Instruction
Access to Qualified Math Teachers for All Students
Concerns about student math performance in the U.S. have grown in recent years, driven by persistent disparities, pandemic-related disruptions, and stagnating or declining national achievement scores. In response, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) convened a panel of math experts to identify priority topics in K-12 math education. For the initial topic, we focused […]
Introducing the Math Hub
CRPE is thrilled to announce the launch of our Math Hub, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Math Hub is a consensus-driven and expert-guided resource for improving K-12 math education. As pandemic learning-loss gaps continue to widen and shortages of qualified teachers persist, evidence-grounded innovations in math instruction are now more important […]