By, Timesha Brooks, Senior Specialist, Professional Learning Design In Part 1, we named the elephant in the room: math anxiety among teachers and how it shapes classroom instruction. Now, we turn to the heart of the work—how teachers build confidence, what helps them...
By Timesha Brooks, Senior Specialist, Professional Learning Design We often talk about math anxiety when it comes to students. But there's an elephant in the professional development room we rarely name—and even more rarely design for. It’s something nearly every...
By the Illustrative Mathematics team Pittsburgh Public Schools’ (PPS) third-grade proficiency rates nearly doubled just two years into implementing IM® Math through Imagine Learning, one of our IM Certified® curriculum distribution partners. But behind these recent...
By the Illustrative Mathematics team In the 2024–2025 school year, 40.7% of Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) third-grade students scored proficient or advanced in mathematics, surpassing the district’s interim goal of 33.4% and nearly doubling proficiency rates from...
By the Illustrative Mathematics team California educators are navigating big shifts in math instruction, grounded in access, coherence, and deeper student understanding. California AccessIM was designed to meet this moment. Available to all educators at...
By the Illustrative Mathematics team When members of the Illustrative Mathematics team recently spent a day inside two co-located schools in District 11 of New York City Public Schools (NYCPS), we expected to see solid instruction. What we experienced went further...
Catherine Castillo, Sr. Specialist, Implementation Enablement Claire Neely, Sr. Specialist, Implementation Enablement “Both rigorous performance evaluation and frequent formative feedback are important building blocks for promoting a strong teacher workforce. Mounting...
In a recent opinion piece published by the New York Daily News, the leaders of the nation’s two largest school districts celebrate the gains their students have made since adopting IM Math. New York City Public Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos and L.A. Unified...
By Meredith Dadigan Abel, IM Certified® Facilitator, K-5 Teachers are the heartbeat of any new math curriculum—they bring lessons to life, adapt to student needs, and make learning happen every day. But behind the scenes, administrators are the backbone, ensuring the...
By Anita Crowder, PhD, Senior Director, Impact Research and Jennifer Wilson, EdD, Senior Director, Implementation Enablement Adopting a problem-based instructional model offers both opportunities and challenges for educators. How do we respond when teachers say, “But...
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