How Small Groups Led to Big Middle School Math Growth

When Rockingham County Schools, a rural North Carolina district, needed a teaching team leader with a record of high-growth learning for high school math, it faced a dilemma many rural areas confront: no candidate was available who had that record of learning growth...

Left to right: Grace Braezeale and Angela Bass of Mississippi First; Sanford Johnson and Sharon Buckhanan of Teach Plus Mississippi. In recent months, both Mississippi First and Teach Plus Mississippi have issued reports advocating for bold legislative action that...

Deputy Superintendent Michael Cormack (bottom right) joins Bryan Hassel and Sharon Kebschull Barrett. At Jackson Public Schools in Mississippi, Deputy Superintendent Michael Cormack brought big changes to student outcomes—no surprise after his leadership of the...