In some parts of the country, student scores in math still have not reached pre-pandemic levels. Schools are racing to find solutionsBlack marker in hand, Nick Baar returned to the whiteboard. The newly minted math tutor wrote an equation for the eighth-graders in front of him:25 x 199The rules were simple: No calculators or pencils allowed. They had breezed through an earlier problem - 25 x 200 - but now appeared stumped. He knew 25 x 200 = 5,000, so he guessed that 25 x 199 could equal 4,999.

Source: Washington Post July 02, 2024 10:28 UTC