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How Has Technology Changed Education?

Here we take a deep dive into the question, “How has technology changed education?” and uncover tech’s role in opening up new possibilities for teaching and learning.

The Impact of AI On One School District: A Conversation with Dr. Kecia Ray and Jerry Almendarez

The Impact of AI On One School District: A Conversation with Dr. Kecia Ray and Jerry Almendarez

Edtech expert, Dr. Kecia Ray, recently sat down with Jerry Almendarez, the superintendent of Santa Ana Unified School District in California, to discuss embracing AI with the help of teachers and stakeholders.

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A case study describes how schools in California were able to multiply their student outcomes using the math programs Into Math and Waggle.

KT Browne
Marketing Manager, HMH

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Find out what are Open Middle math problems, along with why to use them and resources to find them.

Robert Kaplinsky
Mathematics Educator, Long Beach, CA

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Try these 7 small-group math activities and lessons to make math learning fun and improve student outcomes

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Try these research-based math interventions for elementary students to help raise math achievement for students struggling in math.

Dana Leon
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Help students build their skills in the areas of geometric probability, data displays, and matrices.

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Teach high school students about precision and accuracy, significant digits, and errors in measurement with these downloadable activities.

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Using stories to teach children math is a fun way for them to learn math vocabulary.

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Help students build their skills in working with fractions, decimals, ratios, and percent.

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Discover what is small group instruction and how it can give your students a more personalized learning experience.

Dana Leon
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In this article are six features that, when taken together, constitute a reinvention of intervention in the math classroom.

Dr. Juli K. Dixon
Professor of Mathematics Education; Elementary, Middle, Secondary, and Post-Secondary Mathematics Education

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Help students learn about how to plan for the future, with a focus on creating a personal budget and constructing a net worth statement.

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Help your children in Grade 2 understand multidigit numbers and hone their addition and subtraction skills with free animal-based activities.

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Use this grade 3 math activity to help students learn about the math of our system system.

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Help children in Grade 3 understand the role that mathematics plays in running a business, and how fractions apply to the U.S. monetary system.

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Try these free middle school math activities that cover budgeting, taxes, social media engagement, coding, and many more topics.

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Help students gain greater understanding of measures of central tendency and dispersion, outliers, transformations of data, and sampling techniques.

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How is math used in business? Watch the "Math Meets Entrepreneurship" episode of HMH's Math at Work web series to find out!

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Try these fun 3rd grade math games and activities in your classroom! These 8 games, activities, and puzzles will help your students love learning math and see how 3rd grade math ideas show up in the real world.

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