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Passing a Math Program from Principal to Principal: Happy Numbers at Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary

Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary is a public K–4 school of about 400 students in Texas City, Texas, part of Texas City ISD. "I have gifted and talented, bilingual, special education, and general education students, and they are all in different places. Putting everyone together doesn't always fit," says principal Barrett Cobb.

Happy Numbers Team· 12 Nov

Helping Students Explain Their Thinking: Happy Numbers at Solvay Elementary

Solvay Elementary School serves kindergarten through fourth grade in the Solvay Union Free School District, next to Syracuse, New York. Before the school changed anything in its math program, teacher leader Maria Mercer observed how students worked in its classrooms. "A lot of times they just couldn't explain it," says Mercer.

Happy Numbers Team· 12 Nov

Teaching Math Concepts During Independent Work Time: Happy Numbers at Grace Christian School

Grace Christian School is a private K–12 school in Sanford, North Carolina. Before the school adopted Happy Numbers, its lower school, kindergarten through fifth grade, was trying to build intervention and enrichment time into the school day, and teachers were working with students in small groups.

Happy Numbers Team· 13 Nov