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The National Math Panel, a White House-commissioned task force, has called for a new, streamlined teaching approach for early-grades math to better prepare students for algebra. The panel’s report calls for more focus on whole numbers, fractions, and geometry, but it also makes broader suggestions about the work that parents, teachers, and others can do to encourage young students' learning of math. The recommendations made a big splash among educators, but critics say the math strategies outlined by the panel are too narrow.

Join us for a live online chat with two former National Math Panel members about the report’s impact on teachers, curriculum directors, academic researchers, and education publishers.

Guests:
Francis M. “Skip” Fennell, professor of education at McDaniel College, former National Mathematics Advisory Panel member

Vern Williams, math teacher at Longfellow Middle School, in Falls Church, Va., former National Mathematics Advisory Panel member

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Sean Cavanagh, assistant editor at Education Week, will moderate this chat.