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Our Most Recent Posts / Videos
Sustainable Math Improvement: How Two Districts Built Systems That Survive Staff Turnover
Most math improvement efforts collapse when a key person leaves. Learn how two districts designed systems that hold their knowledge, momentum, and results — no matter who gets on or off the wheel.
The Three Types of Math Data — And Why Most Districts Only Use One
Standardized tests give you one data point, once a year, too late to act on. Here’s the three-data framework districts use to actually guide math improvement in real time.
What Math Improvement Support Actually Looks Like in a School: A 3-Day Case Study
See exactly what math improvement support looks like in a real school — vision-building, classroom observations, PLC design, and coaching that sticks.
How One District Math Team Used Deeper Coaching Cycles to Transform PLCs and Teacher Buy-In
How one Texas district math team used deeper coaching cycles, bright spots strategy, and lesson internalization to transform PLCs and teacher buy-in.
How to Measure Math Improvement: Writing Key Results That Actually Tell You Something
If your math program has goals but no key results, you’re navigating without a dashboard. Here’s how to write measurable outcomes that tell you whether the work is actually working.
Your District Just Adopted a New Math Curriculum. Now What? The Column One Trap
Math curriculum adoption is column one of the work, not the finish line. Here’s what actually has to happen after the vote — and why most districts skip it.
Why Sustainable District/School Math Improvement Looks Boring From the Outside: A Flywheel vs. Pendulum Approach
If your math plan is exciting every year, you’re on a pendulum. Learn the flywheel approach to sustainable district math improvement that actually lasts.
Why Your K–12 Math Improvement Plan Isn’t Working. (And the 3 Barriers Keeping It Stuck)
Discover the 3 barriers blocking your K–12 math improvement plan — coherence, measurement, and teacher proficiency — and how to fix each one for lasting results.
The Weight of the Plate: Why Math Teachers Can’t Innovate Until Leaders Change the Conditions
Learn how to coach resistant teachers by building trust, reducing fear, and using small actionable steps that lead to lasting instructional change.
How to Coach Math Teachers Who Are Resistant (And Why What You’ve Been Trying Isn’t Working)
Learn how to coach resistant teachers by building trust, reducing fear, and using small actionable steps that lead to lasting instructional change.
The 3 Frameworks Every Math Leader Needs for Effective Professional Development
Discover 3 powerful frameworks math leaders can use to design effective professional development that drives teacher adoption, classroom implementation, and lasting instructional change.
Stop Wasting Teachers’ Time: Making Math PD Practical, Coherent, and Ongoing
Research-backed strategies for designing math professional development that’s practical, ongoing, curriculum-connected, and built for real classroom impact.
Math Curriculum Adoption: The Missing Link Is Strong PLC Leadership
Adopting a new math curriculum isn’t enough. Discover why strong PLC leadership is the missing link in successful math curriculum implementation for K–12 districts.
How to Know If Your Math Initiative Is Actually Working (And What to Do When It’s Not)
A district math team improved Number Talks by defining clear look-fors and stages of implementation—building sustainable instructional coherence.
If Your Math HQIM Feels Like It Isn’t Working… Read This Before You Switch
Many districts adopt HQIM and quickly wonder if they chose wrong. This story reveals why the curriculum often isn’t the problem—and what math leaders should do instead of switching.
Moving Toward Intention: How Galloway Township Built Momentum in Math—Without Chasing the Next Initiative
Three years ago, math improvement in Galloway Township felt heavy and fragmented—despite real effort across classrooms, nothing stayed in place long enough to gain traction. The shift didn’t come from doing more, but from getting radically precise about less.
50 Principles for Sustainable, Systematized K–12 Mathematics Improvement
Discover 50 principles district leaders use to design coherent, sustainable K–12 math improvement systems that actually stick.
6 Lessons Leaders Need To Learn About Math Coaching
Math coaching isn’t an add-on to professional learning—it’s what makes math improvement stick. Here are six lessons leaders must learn to protect and strengthen coaching so math instruction shifts in lasting, measurable ways.