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Differentiating Math in a First-Grade Inclusion Classroom: Happy Numbers at New Albany Elementary

New Albany Elementary is a K–2 school in Cinnaminson Township Public Schools, New Jersey. In 2025–26, Jodi Pinto and Samantha Hoos co-taught first grade there, in an inclusion classroom with a mix of special education and general education students.

Happy Numbers Team· 12 Nov

1.3 Grade Levels in a Year: What Our 2025–26 Data Says About Math Gaps in K–5

A math gap behaves like a debt: cheap to close in kindergarten, expensive by fourth grade. What 2025–26 data from 16,000+ students says about growing 1.3+ grade levels in a year — in K–2 before gaps form, in 3–5 after they have.

Happy Numbers Team· 30 Jul

Small Group Instruction Made Easy with Happy Numbers

A step-by-step plan for running math small groups without the guesswork: use Happy Numbers reports to find who needs a group, diagnose the real gap, match each group to the right activity, and build it into a weekly routine.

Happy Numbers Team· 29 Jul

Scaling Up What First-Grade Teachers Kept Using: Happy Numbers at Huron Academy

Huron Academy, a public charter school in Clinton Township, Michigan, teaches students from preschool through eighth grade and is its own school district. The school has spent the last few years researching new math curricula because students were struggling with a basic understanding of math facts.

Happy Numbers Team· 12 Nov

Putting Math Progress on the Honors Day Stage: Happy Numbers at Southwest Georgia Academy

Southwest Georgia Academy, a private school in Damascus, Georgia, teaches students from three-year-old kindergarten through 12th grade. Its elementary grades have about two classrooms each, and gifted students share them with students far below grade level.

Happy Numbers Team· 12 Nov