Grow Your Mind
When the Numbers Don’t Add Up
When 40–60% of students are receiving supplemental support, the problem usually isn’t a lack of intervention—it’s a signal that something is breaking down in Tier 1. In this post, Naomi Church challenges a common MTSS misconception, explains why tiers describe resources rather than students, and explores what an "inverted pyramid" reveals about the health of a school's instructional system. Before adding more intervention, it may be time to examine the foundation.
Every Student, Every Tier: Making MTSS Work in Elementary Math
MTSS isn’t just for reading. When applied to K–5 math with intention and clarity, it becomes a powerful system to reach every learner—right where they are. In this post, I break down how Tier 1, 2, and 3 supports work in math and share a free white paper for deeper implementation support.
Reteaching vs. Remediation
In working with schools over the past couple of years I see a lot of words used interchangeably that do not really mean the same thing: words like reteaching, remediation, intervention, etc. These words are not synonyms and their application in classrooms is quite different.