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Should We Reconsider Personalized Learning?

Solutions to Unfinished Learning in Math Must Go Beyond Academics

Making Students’ Learning Visible with Jamboard

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Every Student Can Learn

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Materials Adaptation

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Textbooks: Who Needs Them?

Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in Mathematics?

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Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in ELA/Literacy?

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Classroom Strategies

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Explore classroom guidance, techniques, and activities to help you meet the needs of ALL students.

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most recent articles

Should We Reconsider Personalized Learning?

Solutions to Unfinished Learning in Math Must Go Beyond Academics

Making Students’ Learning Visible with Jamboard

Tools and Resources

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Discover new tools and materials to integrate into you instruction.

See all posts

most recent articles

Every Student Can Learn

Dismantling White Supremacy in Our Workplace

Making Students’ Learning Visible with Jamboard

Materials Adaptation

About the topic

Find instructions and recommendations on how to adapt your existing materials to better align to college- and career-ready standards.

See all posts

most recent articles

Textbooks: Who Needs Them?

Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in Mathematics?

Teacher working at a laptop

Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in ELA/Literacy?

Standards-Alignment Information

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Learn what it means for instructional materials and assessment to be aligned to college- and career-ready standards.

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most recent articles

What to Consider if You’re Adopting a New ELA/Literacy Curriculum

Not Your Mom’s Professional Development

Reaching New Heights

Research and Reflections

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Delve into new research and perspectives on instructional materials and practice.

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Every Student Can Learn

Redesigning Our Principles

Dual Immersion Instruction: The Promise of Equitable, Effective Instruction for English Learners

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Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
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Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn

Learning from students' mistakes to enhance instruction
03/13/20, Michael Pershan
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
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Math Instructional Routines: Creating Opportunities for Students With Disabilities to Grapple with Grade-Level Math

How Routines for Reasoning can support all students to engage with the mathematical practices
12/01/19, Grace Kelemanik, Amy Lucenta
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
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Designing and Integrating a Grade 3 Assessment on Fractions

A Q&A With Raven Redmond and Jennifer Ahearn
11/15/19, Raven Redmond, Jennifer Ahearn
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
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Developing the Math Language Routines

Foster Student Participation Through Building Math Language, Practices, and Content
10/28/19, Jack Dieckmann, Renae Skarin
Classroom Strategies, Standards-Alignment Information
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Are We Teaching Fractions Correctly?

Exploring evidence-based fraction instruction that supports a strong foundation in future mathematics
09/16/19, Jennie Beltramini
Classroom Strategies, Standards-Alignment Information
Part 2

Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 2

Are these instructional mistakes happening in your classroom?
08/02/19, Angie Miller
Tools and Resources
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Desmos in the Math Classroom

How a free tool changed my classroom
07/19/19, Nick Corley
Classroom Strategies
Part 3

Yarn Number Line: A Lever to Develop Fraction Understanding

A routine for developing conceptual understanding of fractions
04/18/19, Jennie Beltramini, Jody Guarino
Classroom Strategies
Part 2

Choral Counting: A Lever to Develop Fraction Understanding

A model process for using choral counting to build conceptual understanding
02/28/19, Jennie Beltramini, Jody Guarino
Standards-Alignment Information
Part 4

Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 4

Are these instructional mistakes happening in your classroom?
10/04/18, Rebecca Few
Standards-Alignment Information
Part 3

Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 3

Are these instructional mistakes happening in your classroom?
09/13/18, Rebecca Few
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
Part 4

Re-Teaching Doesn’t Always Mean Repeating

Consider alternative ways to re-teach when students struggle with new content
06/12/18, Kristi Gettelman
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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Three APPS to Support Students with Special Needs

Helping All Kids Grapple with Grade-Level Content
12/21/17, Dr. Bryan Drost
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
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Most-Read Articles of 2017

12/15/17, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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Emerging Effects from CCSS

A high school math teacher shares examples of student progress following CCSS implementation
11/27/17, Lane Walker
Classroom Strategies, Standards-Alignment Information
Part 1

Designing Shifts-Aligned Interventions in the Math Classroom

Avoid common pitfalls when it comes to supporting students with unfinished math learning
11/01/17, Astrid Fossum
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
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Four Best Practices for the Math Classroom

A math teacher shares lessons learned and alternative strategies he's discovered during his teaching career
10/24/17, Jeff Crayton
Tools and Resources
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Unfinished Learning in Math: How Do You Address it?

The role of coherence in ensuring all students stay on grade level
08/30/17, Jeff Crayton
Standards-Alignment Information
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A Case for High-Quality Instructional Materials

Because we don’t want to confuse the math teachers…and other reasons we need high-quality instructional materials
04/12/17, Lane Walker
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Demonstrating Conceptual Understanding of Mathematics Using Technology

Using free recording software to capture students’ solution methods and help teachers reflect on their instruction
04/06/17, Robin Diedrichs
Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
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STEM Integration in Algebra: A Bridge to Opportunity

Relating mathematical thought processes to those in 21st Century careers
04/04/17, Lane Walker
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Most-Read Articles of 2016

12/21/16, Student Achievement Partners
Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Putting Focus into Practice: The Case of Word Problems in Grades K–2

Standards co-author Jason Zimba explains how word problems can build understanding of addition and subtraction.
10/18/16, Jason Zimba
Classroom Strategies, Standards-Alignment Information
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The Rectangle Area Formula—How Does Your Curriculum Introduce It?

Standards co-author Jason Zimba unpacks the rectangle area formula and highlights problems with the way textbooks sometimes introduce the formula to students.
09/15/16, Jason Zimba
Classroom Strategies
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Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching

How building specific mathematical knowledge in teachers can strengthen classroom instruction
03/07/16, Illustrative Mathematics
Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Creating a Coherent Math Curriculum

The Coherence Map can help you uncover gaps in understanding and find resources to supplement your instructional materials.
10/29/15, Student Achievement Partners
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part 3

Working Together to Create Open Educational Resources

The K-12 OER Collaborative is working to create Common Core-aligned resources
09/25/15, Karl Nelson, Jennifer Wolfe
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
Part 4

Collaborative Learning and Updating Materials

Developing a process for teachers to adapt instructional materials in mathematics
09/22/15, Illustrative Mathematics
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