I Can Get Your Kid into an Ivy League School

Michele Hernandez boasts that 95% of her teenage clients are accepted by their first-choice school. Her price: As much as $40,000 a student.

More ...

Math Makeover: State Requirements Could Change Local Teaching Methods

Bushaw and Pat Herzig, a math teacher on special assignment with upper grades in the Bremerton district, both said that the early instruction doesn't need to solely come from the classroom. Parent involvement and encouragement, even in simple ways, can be effective.

Herzig said that just as children need to be read to so that they'll become adept readers, children also need to be "mathed to."

"Parents can play games where the student keeps score, find math in the kitchen and garage, and on shopping trips," Herzig said. "Never say, 'I was bad at math.'"

More ...

Getting kids excited about math

Count da Money is ironing his cape; the MAC-Ro Queen is polishing her crown; and the Calculating Cowboy is saddling his horse. What are these costumed school superintendents preparing for?

A new school year with another chance to get their students excited about learning math.

This all-out enthusiasm from school administrators is just one step in their districts' commitment to the Math Achievement Club by Rodel (MAC-Ro). MAC-Ro is an initiative of the Rodel Foundation of Arizona that employs a fun and motivating way for elementary students to learn math. More than 24,000 Arizona students in seven counties will participate in MAC-Ro this year

More ...

N. Canton educator named Haywood County's top math teacher

CANTON - The North Carolina Council for Teachers of Mathematics recently named North Canton Elementary School teacher Jill Mann as Haywood County Schools Elementary Math Teacher of the Year.

Mann was nominated for the award by the principal and staff of North Canton Elementary. She will be honored at a luncheon at the annual NCCTM conference in October in Greensboro.

More ...

Math Wonder - Danica McKellar Is Counting on Girls to Love Numbers

“Who did I think math was for, if it wasn't for me?”

To help girls struggling with the complexity that comes with seventh-grade math, McKellar has penned Math Doesn’t Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail, which hits shelves this August.

More ...

Fifth grade Math Masters

Sarah has a 6th floor apartment in a building that does not have an elevator. There are 16 stairs between each floor and the entrance to the building is on the first floor. On Tuesday, Sarah left her apartment, went to work, came home from work to put her coat in her apartment, and then went down to the third floor to visit a friend. She went back to her apartment for the rest of the evening. How many stairs up and down did Sarah take in her apartment building on Tuesday?


More ...

Math problems hurt your head? To this whiz kid, they're play

"I was always fascinated with recognizing patterns and playing with numbers since I can remember," says Elizabeth, who hints that a career in mathematics or linguistics might be on her horizon. "My favorite classes at Voyagers are obviously math, and it's that mathematical part of language that has me interested in linguistics so much."

Even as a toddler, she demonstrated a mathematical curiosity far beyond her years. Her mother, Laura Yaker, a Dartmouth College-trained computer scientist, recalls observing Elizabeth playing with manipulative blocks, commonly used in math education, with obvious delight at age 2.


More ...

Educational games

INEW has just added a collection of educational games like Sudoku, 24 Puzzle, Hangaroo, Frog Mania, Mastermind, Wuzi Chess, Auqaphobic, Perfect Match, Blooming Gardens, Bad Apple, Spark Your Neurons, Puzzled Jigsaw, Slider Mania, Cubic Rubic, Rush Hour, 3D Logic, and many more.

Please visit INEW Educational Games section. Enjoy!