A lot of elementary school teachers hate the prospect of teaching math, even when the math concepts are beginner level.
Helping them gain confidence could be one key to unlocking America’s post-pandemic math recovery, educators say.
Why We Wrote This
How might students benefit from having teachers who are more confident about their own math skills? One Chicago grad school is working to support educators – helping them feel capable, and to see even young children as mathematicians. This story is part of The Math Problem series, the latest project from the newsrooms of the Education Reporting Collaborative.
Researchers at the Erikson Institute, a child development-focused graduate school in Chicago, started the Early Math Collaborative 16 years ago to provide teachers research-backed professional development. At Erikson’s annual summer math conference, educators…
