As nine students cluster in a semi-circle in Gail Younie’s cozy summer school classroom at Stephensen Elementary in Southwest Portland, the baggies full of brightly-colored two-dimensional Styrofoam ...

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Sitting in front of a dozen second graders on a plush carpet in one of E.B. Ellington Elementary’s classrooms in the early fall, Samantha Blake tackled a tricky topic — how to read the hour and minute ...

When completing math problems, students often have to show their work. It’s a method teachers use to catch errors in thinking, to make sure students are grasping mathematical concepts correctly. New ...