I started teaching special education in 1970, prior to the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, or PL 94-142. I welcomed the enactment of that legislation, because it forced school ...

Students struggling with math in Florida may get more attention in the classroom this upcoming school year. Earlier this week, Florida’s Department of Education announced an unusual proposal that is ...

Some South Bay educators believe the state’s new requirement to move all eighth-graders into algebra by 2011 is a lofty goal but might set up some students to fail. The sentiment mirrors a new study ...

Think about the so-called "story problems" you studied in algebra and other math classes. How many of them dealt with, say, two trains which, no matter how far they traveled, could never catch your ...