by Asad Robin | Feb 13, 2026 | District Leader Blog Posts, Math Coaching, Professional Development
From the outside, Lei and Shannon’s math team in Maui looked like they had it figured out. Their professional learning was focused. Their priorities were clear. They weren’t chasing every new initiative that came along. Teachers were engaging students in rich...
by Asad Robin | Feb 5, 2026 | District Leader Blog Posts, Math Coaching, Professional Development
Mark and Nicole didn’t plan on having this conversation. It was one of those “we only have an hour” kinds of meetings — wedged into a week that already felt too heavy. The kind of week where you can feel the tension in the building before you even...
by Leila B | Jan 26, 2026 | District Leader Blog Posts, Math Coaching, Professional Development
Three years ago, Betty felt like she was carrying math improvement largely on her own. As Director of Curriculum in a PreK–8 district, leadership wasn’t new to her—but the conditions had changed. Long-standing leaders had exited. Budget constraints quietly erased...
by Leila B | Jan 21, 2026 | District Leader Blog Posts, Math Coaching, Professional Development
Most math improvement efforts don’t stall because teachers don’t care about mathematics. They stall because the system supporting math instruction was never designed to hold instructional change over time. We’ve worked with hundreds of schools and districts across...
by Leila B | Jan 10, 2026 | District Leader Blog Posts, Math Coaching, Professional Development
Districts across North America have invested heavily in high-quality mathematics curriculum, aligned scope and sequences, and professional learning designed to improve student outcomes in math. And yet, many K–12 math leaders continue to ask the same frustrating...
by Leila B | Jan 2, 2026 | District Leader Blog Posts, Math Coaching, Professional Development
“Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.” — W. Edwards Deming Many school districts have done the hard work of defining a vision for mathematics. They’ve articulated what high-quality math instruction should look like.They’ve set bold...
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