Nashua Math and Algebra

Math competitions may not be something you’ve considered for your child, but here are some key reasons you may want to participate:   Critical T hinking - Most math's competitions require a different style of mathematical thinking – this means that sometimes students can surprise themselves and do better than they might normally expect.   Skill Building Opportunities- Math competitions are also an excellent skill building opportunity that can help students enhance their time management and stress management skills, thereby improving their overall productivity.   Getting Challenged- Maths competitions can be great for a wide range of abilities. They are also particularly valuable for your highest achieving students who need to be really stretched  Where Students not getting challenged with school’s routine studies.   Grow Confidence- Few Kids will one day be required to take STEP papers or other university entrance exams. Maths competitions can help pupils gain confidence early on i

COVID-19 and student learning in the United States: The hurt could last a lifetime.  Learning Loss in Math reaches average up to 60% which is equal to 3 Months of Learning Loss New evidence shows that the shutdowns caused by COVID-19 could exacerbate existing achievement gaps. The US education system was not built to deal with extended shutdowns like those imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers, administrators, and parents have worked hard to keep learning alive; nevertheless, these efforts are not likely to provide the quality of education that’s delivered in the classroom. A sweeping new review of national test data suggests the pandemic-driven jump to online learning has had little impact on children's reading growth and has only somewhat slowed gains in math. That news comes from the testing nonprofit NWEA and covers nearly 4.4 million U.S. students in grades three through eight. But the report also includes a worrying caveat: Many of the nation's most vulnerable studen

NASHUA – Fewer than half of New Hampshire high school students are considered proficient in math and science – and the percentage rated proficient in English and language arts is also down compared to last year. “We want to follow our students’ progress in order to help support schools in designing strong instructional practices to advance student learning outcomes,” New Hampshire Department of Education Instructional Support Administrator Julie Couch said of Friday with the release of the agency’s statistics. “These results show that our current system is working for some students, but not all. We need to keep working to find paths to bright futures for all New Hampshire students,” Couch added. The assessment results released on Friday showed that in the 2018-19 academic year, 43% of New Hampshire high school juniors tested as proficient in math, while 45% of eighth-graders were ranked proficient. In science, 41% of juniors earned proficiency, along with another 39% of eigh

  In NH School ratings are low after-school tutoring programs are touting their ability to help students do better in school. However, parents wanting to get beyond the marketing hype may wonder how the different education programs compare. Let's explore the differences between Mathnasium and RSM so that you can decide which program is right for your student. Mathnasium  vs.  RSM : Basics Let's start by reviewing the basics of these two educational platforms. Mathnasium  is a math-only learning program for pre-K students through high school students. Each student works at his or her own pace on a personalized curriculum. A typical arrangement is to have one instructor at a table with four to six students. Mathnasium also offers SAT and ACT prep for students who want to improve their math score as they prepare for college. Rates vary by the location of the Mathnasium center, and typical costs for the math program average between $200 and $500 per month. Students often

More than 80 New Hampshire high schools rank among the best in America, U.S. News & World Report said Tuesday in its most comprehensive ranking yet of the nation's high schools. More than 17,000 schools are ranked, an increase from 2,700 last year. Nashua's Academy for Science and Design ranked first in the state and 108th nationally in the U.S. News Best High Schools rankings for 2019. Nashua High School South was ranked 31st in the state and 5,987th nationally while Nashua High School North was 44th in the Granite State and 7,214th in the nation. View the full list of high schools in New Hampshire here. U.S. News & World Report is the gold standard for education rankings and is widely considered the global authority. Anita Narayan, managing editor of education at U.S. News, said the aim of the rankings is to give families more information about the schools in their district. "By evaluating more schools than ever before, the new edition expands that focus

In the recent years, there has been a lot written about U.S. standards in math education. According to the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) — a study which measures proficiency in math, reading, and science for around 500,000 15-year-old students in 65 countries, the United States performed “below average” in mathematics and ranked 27th among 34 Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. The country’s performance in reading and science was closer to the OECD average. Much of the rhetoric has been around whether math is taught with the same rigor in U.S. schools compared to other countries. This perception that students need more focus on math could be partly responsible for the growing popularity of private, after-school math enrichment programs. Most of the math programs have originated from countries known for their stringent math education such as Japan, Korea, and Russia. I myself have sent my children to a couple of such

Why Math is Important It seems natural that the majority of the population knows almost nothing about mathematics and that their relation to math is limited to the four rules. This distance contrasts with the importance of mathematics today in society. Mathematics is at the center of our culture and its history is often confused with that of philosophy. Just as the cosmological and evolution theories have exerted considerable influence on the conception that humans have of ourselves, the non-Euclidean geometries have allowed new ideas about the universe and theorems of mathematical logic have revealed the limitations of the deductive method. The mathematics is present in our daily lives. For many students, math is boring, abstract, lacking in creativity, complex and very difficult to understand, hence the typical expressions of “I am of letters” or “Numbers are not mine.” However, it is a subject that is part of the study of our children and as such should be an effort for compr