Oswego City, NY: Math program to help with "ever-increasing ADHD diagnoses"

Aug 8, 2017, (NY) Oswego County Today: Oswego City School District Wins National Math Corps Award https://oswegocountytoday.com/oswego-city-school-district-wins-national-math-corps-award/ The National Math Foundation announced today (August 8) that Oswego City School District is the first recipient of its Math Corps II Program Award. The program is for the entire 2017-18 school year in both Minetto and Charles E Riley elementary schools, (the two largest elementary populations). NMF will coordinate the program from September- June to develop and implement programs, events, training, materials and resource development via a Corps Member placed in the schools. “Students learn faster, gain fluency and accuracy and retain more information,” Koontz said. “They make the leap to more advanced problem-solving and higher level math more quickly. And because it’s physically active, they have fun doing it!” Also, in the U.S., where childhood obesity is at epic proportions, this method incorporates physical exercise into the school day, from hallway transition to classroom reviews to PE. With ever-increasing ADHD diagnoses, decreasing recess time, and increased test-taking time, this is critical for today’s youth.