This fall, Temple’s math department accommodated more than 1,100 students in need of developmental math skills.

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Matthew Norris entered his first grade class into a national online math competition to motivate his students and help them learn. He didn’t think they would beat 20,000 classrooms around the country ...

Despite pleas from students and parents to hold off on changes to middle school math, the Troy schools board of education approved a new curriculum that takes younger students off an accelerated path ...