 Dear reader,
One of my favorite parts of reporting on education is meeting entrepreneurs and educators who are searching for solutions. Our newsletter this week is filled with new ideas, from supplementing middle school math with virtual reality lessons to a look at how one Alabama district is boosting lagging post-pandemic math scores with targeted instruction, longer days and an intense focus on data. That story was produced as part of The Math Problem, a series documenting our country’s math crisis by The Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition that includes Hechinger and seven other newsrooms.
We also look at grade inflation in math, and offer a short video on how parents can help their kids get better in a topic that often perplexes them. And a reminder: We hope to see many of our readers at our Linkedin event tomorrow on how teachers can conquer their math anxiety. Finally, we take you inside a battle over history standards in Virginia, and explain why schools are not ready for cyberattacks – a growing threat to school districts. We love hearing your thoughts and ideas, so please, get in touch. And remind others who care about education to sign up for our newsletters, and join our growing list of Hechinger Report members who support our work.
Liz Willen, Editor
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