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How to boost math skills in the early grades

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Small-group math work at Prairie Oak Elementary in Berwyn North School District 98 where, two years ago, just 14 percent of third-graders were able to do grade-level math. Related: Eight ways to introduce kids to STEM at an early age. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. BERWYN, Ill. — It’s not just about teachers teaching.

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Clinton looks to move Democrats away from ‘Education Wars’

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The new language supports the rights of parents to opt their children out of standardized tests, demand more oversight of charters and oppose evaluating teachers using their students’ standardized test scores.