In Gregory Smith’s 5th grade class in Tampa, Fla., two girls are beating the majority of their class in an online math-strategy game. That is remarkable given the original disparity between the two ...

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Class is almost over—but instead of zoning out or packing up early, your students are hunched over their work, erasing, recalculating, and debating. The room buzzes with the rich math talk every ...

Learning can be fun, especially when you play along with Donkey Kong Jr.! Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division by directing Junior, a cute little monkey who must climb up and ...

Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 newsletter. I see it every fall: A student suddenly needs to go to the bathroom mid-lesson. Another zones out ...