Things are looking grim for many students in the United States. The most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) revealed that more than 60% of American students graduate below proficiency in all academic areas. The number grows to more than 80% when...
We are so excited about the upcoming school year and getting more students and teachers using Wowzers! We love getting feedback from educators and hearing about our teachers' experiences. We recently spoke with Raquel Lopez, a first grade teacher at El Camino Real...
Patricia Manns, from Knox Middle School in the San Diego Public School District, has been using Wowzers in her classes for three years. She has been teaching K-8 math for twenty years and is an Education Specialist in Curriculum, Instruction and Professional...
This month we're featuring Catherine Romero, a Nationally Board Certified Teacher with 20 years of experience. She teaches at Central Elementary, part of the Belen Consolidated Schools, which has been using Wowzers since early 2015. In Catherine’s fourth grade class,...
Wowzers partnered with NWEA to meet students where they are and determine where they need to go. Student needs are identified and paired with engaging content to teach students “what they need to know when they need to know it.” NWEA MAP Growth RIT scores are imported...
Today, we would like to introduce Ms. Raina Robison and her 5th grade class from Agua Elementary School. After receiving some important advice from her son, Ms. Robison returned to what she truly loves–teaching–and has been a 5th grade teacher in Palm Springs Unified...
This month, we’re featuring Mr. Brad Bahns, a fourth grade teacher at Edy Ridge Elementary in Sherwood, Oregon. Mr. Bahns is in his 30th year of teaching and believes student engagement and flexible instruction is the key to success in the classroom. Mr. Bahns faces...
Recently, we interviewed Kristin Aguilar, an innovative fifth grade teacher at STEAM Academy at Stribling Elementary, located in Burleson, Texas. Ms. Aguilar is implementing a “flipped classroom.” Because Wowzers is hosted in the cloud, her students are able to use...
Wowzers is used around the country in a variety of different types of teaching strategies. In this teacher feature, we chatted with Gladys Sanchez, a bilingual 3rd grade teacher at Long Elementary in Harlingen, Texas, who uses Wowzers for an intervention tool. Ms....
Situation: Imagine a classroom of 30 students with an overwhelmingly diverse knowledge of foundational math skills? On top of that already difficult situation, the students have vastly different confidence levels as it pertains to math. This situation...