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Closing the Achievement Gap: Resources for School Administrators Looking to Make a Change

COVID-19 and student learning in the United States: The hurt could last a lifetime

The Nation's Report Card Shows Reading and Math Score Declines

The National Assessment of Educational Programs (NAEP reports that reading and mathematics scores declined during the COVID-19 pandemic....

COVID-19 and Education: The Lingering Effects of Unfinished Learning

As the most challenging school year in our nation’s history came to a close in the summer of 2021, McKinsey & Company analyzed the...

A Review of the Effects of Abacus Training on Cognitive Functions and Neural Systems in Humans

The Abacus Project’s advocacy of abacus training and practice is supported by a 2020 study, published by Frontiers in Neuroscience, that...

Positive Early Math Experiences for African American Boys

Central to The Abacus Project’s mission is providing positive early math experiences for Black children. Many African American men with...

New Data Highlight Disparities In Students Learning In Person

As vaccinations across the nation increase and states reopen, families are looking for a return to normalcy. However, in the wake of...

Keeping Girls in STEM: 3 Barriers, 3 Solutions

Stereotypes and cultural norms dampen girls’ interest in STEM, but educators can counter the disparities with small changes to their...

Understanding the Digital Divide in Education

Here is America’s challenge: the impact of the digital divide is crushing hope of closing the achievement and opportunity gaps in...

Closing the Achievement Gap: Resources for School Administrators Looking to Make a Change

The achievement gap has been under close examination for the past 50 years and yet it still persists. Studies show that disabled...

When Covid-19 closed schools, Black, Hispanic and poor kids took biggest hit in math, reading

With over 4 million test scores in hand, it appears that the biggest drop in achievement is shown in math with only a slight impact shown...

COVID-19 and student learning in the United States: The hurt could last a lifetime

The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the persistent achievement disparities across income levels and between white students and...

It Will Cost Billions to Close Education's Digital Divide

The digital divide refers to the gap between those who are able to benefit from the digital age and those who are not. As many schools...