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$youth summer math program grants; student doing math on blackboard with teacher$ $youth summer math program grants; student doing math on blackboard with teacher$

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Youth summer math program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Education, STEM Education, Math Education, Summer Learning | Amount: Up to $15,000 | Deadline: Jan. 22, 2025

Mixed algebra class experiment: Group of young teens stand around display board watching male teacher in dark sport coat and tan pants explain an algebra formula on a white paper pad

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Thrown into the deep end of algebra

An experiment put remedial math students into ninth grade algebra and many succeeded.

$Teacher bias math students: Female teacher sits at her desk in front of blackboard with times tables and other math info on it, while several preteen students cluster around her looking at screen on her laptop$ $Teacher bias math students: Female teacher sits at her desk in front of blackboard with times tables and other math info on it, while several preteen students cluster around her looking at screen on her laptop$

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Guest Opinion Essay

US math teachers view student performance differently based on race and gender

What do teachers think causes performance differences between boys and girls in math?

Girls Index, Girls and STEM report: simple graphic of women with different STEM careers against solid blueish background

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The Girls’ Index: Girls and STEM impact report

A report highlights where girls need support to pursue STEM-related academic and career aspirations.

Math talk by parents to children: Adult man with short brown hair in blue plaid shirt talks to young girl with long blonde hair in navy dress as both stand at kitchen counter chopping vegetables

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A little parent math talk with kids might really add up, a new body of education research suggests

Mentioning numbers during everyday activities could be more beneficial than workbooks and exercises.

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Why expanding access to algebra is a matter of civil rights

Math literacy is a requirement to earning a living wage in modern society.

KIndergarten Math: Black woman kneels at small blackboard writing numbers with chalk as two young black children sitting close to board watch

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Kindergarten math is often too basic. Here’s why that’s a problem

Kindergarten lays the groundwork for “number sense" and understanding relationships between number and quantity.

Tutoring Improves Attendance: Older gray-haired man with glasses in dark suit stands beside seated teen male student with red headband and dark jacket, both looking at large monitor in computer lab

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Intensive tutoring is great for academics. Now there’s evidence it can boost attendance.

Students in a tutoring program show up to school on days they have tutoring.

HS Data Science vs Math: Two older teens, both in dark long-sleeved swearshirts, sit at school desk, one Black bot with laptop in hand and one girl looking at laptop screen

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Data science under fire: What math do high schoolers really need?

Math scores are falling nationwide. Should algebra be replaced with real-world data science?

$Math education improvement grants: male student in denim shirt doing math on whiteboard$ $Math education improvement grants: male student in denim shirt doing math on whiteboard$

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Collaborative PreK-12 math education improvement project grants

GRANT FOCUS: Education, Math Education, Education Improvement, Research, PreK-12 | Amount: Up to $6,000 | Deadline: May 1, 2024

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Reading supports abound in schools, but effective math help much harder to find

When there are trained educators to lead evidence-based interventions, students’ math skills can improve.

$How one district has diversified math classes without the controversy: young black female student in classroom works at desk on paper while another student is on laptop next to her$ $How one district has diversified math classes without the controversy: young black female student in classroom works at desk on paper while another student is on laptop next to her$

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How one district has diversified its advanced math classes — without the controversy

This district added tutoring and non-test-based ways for students to qualify for advanced math.

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PreK-6 mathematics education research project grants

GRANT FOCUS: Education, Education Research, PreK-6, Disadvantaged Students, Learning | Amount: Up to $6,000 | Deadline: Nov. 1, 2023

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K-12 Multilingual Class Mathematics Learning Improvement Grants

GRANT FOCUS: Education, Math Education, STEM, Immigrant Students, ESL | Amount: Up to $4,000 | Deadline: Nov. 1, 2019

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Early Childhood Educators’ Self-Efficacy in Science, Math, and Literacy Instruction and Science Practice in the Classroom

Researchers from Michigan State University wrote this report using analysis and observations of 67 Head-Start classrooms which details how effective early childhood...

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