After years of assigning the kind of homework she had done as a student and observing students’ disengagement with it, a teacher overhauled how she assigns math practice.

Compare and contrast these two assignments. Both target an 8th grade standard on seeing structure in an expression and being able to represent that expression in different ways. Which do you suppose ...

If kids score highly -- or even perfectly -- on math assignments, it might seem like the time to rejoice and recognize that these youngsters are learning what they need to excel. That push for ...