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When a student isn't succeeding in math, what do we change first?
Most systems answer that question the same way. We change the student's placement: a new group, a new program, a new tier, more minutes of the same thing delivered more slowly. It happens with the very best of intentions, and it rarely works, because it treats the student as the variable when the variable is almost always the design.
Guest Blog: You Can't Reach Everyone the Same Way
Communication breakdowns in schools are rarely about intelligence or intention. They're about people with different communication styles talking past each other — and no shared language to name what's happening. Kathleen Kennedy of the Center for Communication & Engagement breaks down four Communication Operating Structures and what it looks like to actually meet people where they are.
Guest Blog: Foundations of Numeracy Part 1
Decades of research have converged on a clear picture of what students need to build lasting mathematical proficiency — but translating that evidence into coherent, school-wide action is where many systems fall short. In this guest post, Jillian Mendoza, Director of Math at PowerMyLearning, introduces the Foundations of Numeracy framework: a research-backed map for making smarter decisions about curriculum, intervention, and instructional coherence. Whether you're a principal, instructional coach, or district leader, this framework gives you a shared language for evaluating every math decision — not just a slice of it, but the whole picture.