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Reaching Beyond Literacy with Knowledge Building Curricula

We believe every child is capable of greatness—and it’s our job to help them get there. Beyond providing highly rated, knowledge-building curricula,...

Importance of "High-Quality"

We sit at the heart of what’s now known as the high-quality curriculum movement. As part of that movement, we believe that knowledge-building should...

The Value of Think Time

STRATEGIES As teachers we are pressed for time. We have what seems like a week’s worth of material in front of us and only an hour to teach it. There...

The Statistical Project: Student-directed Discovery

Young children are passionate and excited as they discover and explore their world. Look at the child pictured below. A snack became an exciting math...

Solving Word Problems Using Tape Diagrams (Part 1)

In my 10 years as a 7th and 8th-grade teacher, I never once saw a tape diagram. I was hesitant to use this model, but as I began to really study tape...

The Productive Struggle

The CCSS have been in existence for nearly 5 years. This time of transition has not been easy and it has challenged our way of thinking about...

Channeling Our Efforts as Educators

As we are challenged with thinking about math in a different way than many of us learned, it’s helpful to stop and think about how we are spending...

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