Majority of CMSD students lag behind grade level
Sixty-four percent of Columbus Middle School students are two or more grade levels behind in reading and 53 percent of those students are two or more grade levels behind in math, according to the district’s mid-year assessment presented Thursday to the school board.
Those grim numbers were presented during a marathon board meeting as one by one, school principals gave status reports of their schools, painting a portrait of an already-struggling school district badly affected by COVID-19 limitations on in-person instruction.
Parents rail against Common Core math
An Iowa woman jokingly calls it “Satan’s handiwork.” A California mom says she’s broken down in tears. A Pennsylvania parent says it “makes my blood boil.”
No gains for 12th-graders on national exam
Handing out dismal grades, the Nation’s Report Card says America’s high school seniors lack critical math and reading skills for an increasingly competitive global economy.
A guide to take the pain out of Thanksgiving math
Thanksgiving is coming and you need to just relax and embrace the horror. Accept the fact that you’ll get at least something wrong. The turkey
Hitting the right note: Music focus may inspire tomorrow’s musicians (and teach them math as well)
Steady rain on a gray Wednesday didn’t dampen spirits inside a music room at Joe Cook Elementary Fine Arts Magnet School in Columbus. Fifth-graders concentrated, drawing bows across strings as they performed a scale on violins for their music teacher, Tina Morgan. As the last notes faded, the children’s faces were wreathed in smiles.