YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – WKBN’s second Creative Classroom Contest winner is Margaret Halverstadt, who teaches fourth- and fifth-grade math and science at the Youngstown Academy of Excellence.

For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. The kids had fun, but the ...

These student-constructed problems foster collaboration, communication, and a sense of ownership over learning.

While it is true there is only one right answer to every math problem, elementary school teacher and Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching winner Michael Flynn believes there is ...

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Suzie Boss is a PBL advocate and author who has collaborated with teachers around the world to design engaging projects: When I facilitate workshops with teachers about project-based learning, one ...

This story is part of a series from the Education Reporting Collaborative in partnership with AL.com. For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, ...