by Asad Robin | Aug 12, 2026 | District Leader Blog Posts, Math Coaching, Professional Development
A high-functioning K-12 school district was doing the work everywhere — but only in pockets. Here’s the one shift that got 20+ schools paddling in the same direction. If you’d walked into Dana and Marcus’s math work at the start of the year,...
by Asad Robin | Aug 7, 2026 | Podcast
Episode #487: Why Teaching Math Is Hard—and Improving Achievement Is Even Harder LISTEN NOW HERE… WATCH NOW… Why do so many mathematics improvement efforts begin with energy and optimism, only to lose momentum months later? Schools invest in professional...
by Asad Robin | Aug 1, 2026 | District Leader Blog Posts, Math Coaching, Professional Development
Why High-Quality Instructional Materials Don’t Improve Outcomes on Their Own You did the hard part. You ran the adoption process, you fought for the budget, you chose high-quality instructional materials that actually deserve the label for your math program. Teachers...
by Asad Robin | Aug 1, 2026 | Podcast
Episode #486: Math Homework in 2026-2027: What Should It Really Look Like? LISTEN NOW HERE… WATCH NOW… Homework has long been a part of the mathematics classroom, but opinions about its value continue to vary. Should students be completing pages of...
by Asad Robin | Jul 26, 2026 | Podcast
Episode #485: Is Math Intervention Working? Learn to Build A Better Fence LISTEN NOW HERE… WATCH NOW… Every school system wants to improve student achievement in mathematics. Yet when students struggle, the immediate response is almost always the same:...
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