I wanted everyone to read this previous post for paid subscribers: Teaching math well will lead to improvement, says an instructional coach—but that’s no small job
Excellent article that discusses both the methodology and the problems that arise. A point that is touched on but not really addressed is the teacher shortage crisis that is largely being ignored. This shortage is particularly acute in math because those with math ability have such better options available than teaching and that means the math knowledge and ability of those being forced to teach math is getting substantially weaker. This is certainly less noticeable in charter schools, however if the factors driving the teacher shortage are not addressed, it's only a matter of time.
Excellent article that discusses both the methodology and the problems that arise. A point that is touched on but not really addressed is the teacher shortage crisis that is largely being ignored. This shortage is particularly acute in math because those with math ability have such better options available than teaching and that means the math knowledge and ability of those being forced to teach math is getting substantially weaker. This is certainly less noticeable in charter schools, however if the factors driving the teacher shortage are not addressed, it's only a matter of time.
Thanks so much for reading, and that's a great point!