How Decreased Practice Time Plays Into Historic Math Declines
As schools nationwide contend with declining math scores, some districts are dedicating more time to the practice of foundational skills.
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As schools nationwide contend with declining math scores, some districts are dedicating more time to the practice of foundational skills.
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© Stewart L. Gilmore. Courtesy of Ian Brock Born in Chicago, Illinois, Ian Brock was fascinated by computers and mathematics at a very early age. He taught himself programming, leaving school in the eighth grade to study independently. The young African American man also became aware that members of ethnic minorities were not broadly encouraged to enter technological professions, and so, at the age of 12, he founded Dream Hustle Code, an organization that teaches coding and other skills to members of underserved and underprivileged communities: “We focus on students who are underrepresente...