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From Fragmentation to Coherence: What NYC District 7 Shows About Sustaining Math Improvement

May 18, 2026

By the Illustrative Mathematics team In New York City’s District 7 in the South Bronx, the story of math instruction used to be one of inconsistency. Classrooms looked different from one another. Teachers pieced together lessons from multiple sources. Students moved...

Research Study Finds Students Using IM Certified® Curricula Outperform Peers in Math Achievement

Jun 13, 2025

By William McCallum, IM CEO and cofounder At Illustrative Mathematics® (IM), we believe learning mathematics is a lot like learning to ride a bike. You don’t learn by watching someone else do it—you learn by getting on the bike yourself. Sure, it might feel unsteady...

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