Math Clash | ’Science of Reading’ Defined, Sort of | Grade Retention Gains

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It turns out teachers and math education professors have different ideas about best practices for teaching math. This week’s top read shows how they diverge.

Different definitions are also floating around for the term “science of reading.” We asked 950 educators how they would define it. Their responses were all over the map.

And new research finds that struggling readers who were held back a year continued to reap academic benefits five years later.

Read on for these and more of this week’s top reads.

1. Math Teachers and Math Ed. Professors Don’t See Eye to Eye on Best Practices
2. We Asked Educators How They Define the ‘Science of Reading.’ Here’s What They Said
3. Keeping Younger Students Back a Grade Shows Benefits Over Time, Study Finds
4. How Gamifying Instruction Improved Student Test Scores in This Teacher’s Classroom
5. Why America Has a Youth Mental Health Crisis, and How Schools Can Help
6. Scholastic Says Schools Can Exclude Diverse Titles From Book Fairs
7. Name Your Glue Sticks, and Other Classroom Management Hacks From Teachers

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