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Challenging, High-Quality Instructional Materials Support Impressive Gains in English Language Arts

Before becoming the director of curriculum and instruction at Friendship Aspire Academy–Pine Bluff, Angela Dixon was a Friendship Aspire educator in...

Unpacking Geodes®: Engaging Early Readers and Building Lasting Knowledge

When I was an elementary school teacher, I absolutely delighted in building a reading haven for my students. To me, the classroom library was not...

We are all math teachers. We are all language teachers.

Perhaps you’ve heard the adage that math is a universal language. Some people may think that, because 1 + 1 = 2 is the same in any language,...

Why a Bronx School Switched Its English Language Arts Curriculum Mid-Pandemic

When school leaders at P.S. 236 in the Bronx, NY, found that Units of Study, a reading curriculum produced by Columbia University’s Teachers College,...

Beyond Professional Development: Investing in Teachers and Leaders

When you make a large investment in a curricular change—particularly with a high-quality curriculum like Eureka Math®—it’s worth the additional...

Engineering: What are the unforeseen benefits?

Many educators have heard before that students need to engage in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Science and Engineering Practices to...

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