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Math 180 is a math intervention program for students in grades 5 and up. Find out how to use the math program to accelerate math learning for all students.
Brenda Konicke
Director of Professional Learning at Math Solutions
January 12, 2022
Check out the latest differentiated reading strategies to help you meet your students' diverse needs.
Ellen Ullman
Shaped Contributor
January 05, 2022
These strategies provide differentiated math instruction to K-12 teachers looking for ways to personalize their mathematics teaching.
Ellen Ullman
Shaped Contributor
November 15, 2021
These math intervention strategies for struggling students provide lessons, activities, and ideas to support Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 math students who are two or more years behind grade level.
Richard Blankman
Shaped Editor
October 26, 2021
Teach students about graphing along the x and y axis on coordinate graphs as a visual method for showing relationships between numbers.
October 22, 2021
The most productive, balanced literacy block schedules include various reading and writing activities and instruction to help build foundational skills.
Francie Alexander
Chief Research Officer, HMH
October 04, 2021
Make time in your packed schedule for one-on-one teaching strategies that deliver big benefits for students.
Shaped Staff
September 27, 2021
Honor National Dyslexia Awareness Month this October by better understanding how learning differences can affect your students' social and emotional learning.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
September 21, 2021
What can be done to help those students who have felt the impacts of unfinished learning? Note that there isn't a one-size-fits-all solution.
Brittany Mamphey, M.Ed.
Dean of Students, Mt. Healthy South Elementary School, Ohio
April 07, 2021
Students learn the answer to "What is a unit rate?" in math class. Learn about ratios, rates, unit rates, and unit prices, and teach lessons where students solve real-world problems about rates and unit rates.
February 08, 2021
The 180 Awards honor students who have shown dramatic improvement in their reading and math skills through our blended learning intervention programs.
Shaped Staff
September 15, 2020
Nominated by their colleagues and peers, these 180 Educator Award winners have shown that through persistence and dedication, you can make a difference in students' lives.
Shaped Staff
September 15, 2020
Andrea Barnes is retiring after nearly 30 years in the classroom. In this post she shares parting words of wisdom for future teachers, especially the need for collaboration during the current COVID-19 crisis.
Richard Blankman
Shaped Editor
June 03, 2020
A linear equation in two variables describes a relationship in which the value of one of the variables depends on the value of the other variable.
March 29, 2020
Daily writing opportunities develop proficient readers and writers, and READ 180 provides chances for students to do just that.
Melanie Eskildsen
Reading Intervention Teacher, Weyauwega Fremont School District, Wisconsin
March 04, 2020
Answer a key question as an educator—how do you screen for dyslexia?—by following six key steps. Testing for dyslexia in schools is important to identify at-risk students.
Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Editor
February 21, 2020
Learn how to teach email writing to students and focus on proper email etiquette so they can ask questions and send greetings to teachers, school staff, and even parents.
Sally Doulton
Teacher, Manhasset Secondary School, New York
February 11, 2020
Use this lesson to teach students array multiplication, array division, along with other visual aids to show the relationship between multiplication and division.
January 29, 2020