May 13, 2016

As teachers and students stride into the digital age, we are hearing increasingly from educators who use our digital tools to come together and learn more math.
 
 
Lynne Munson
President and Executive Director, Great Minds
Videos Spur Success in Duval County
Without a math coach at Beth Higgins' school in Jacksonville, Florida, Eureka Math digital tools, including the Teach Eureka Video Series, have been elemental to teachers' success.  Higgins says that she and her peers in the Duval County Public Schools watch the videos together, collaborate on strategies, and support each other through implementation.  This is their first year using Eureka Math. Higgins' first graders are "understanding concepts that I have never been able to successfully teach in the past," she said in this Q&A with Great Minds.
Eureka Math Grows in Reach, Effectiveness
As Adam Baker, a former fifth grade teacher and curriculum writer for Eureka Math,
put it in the Albany Times Union, it's hard to believe it's been only three years 
since we developed our curriculum and watched it become "a national chart-topper."

As a math teacher, Adam found few options could reach his classroom of diverse student learners. That's why he was inspired to help create a curriculum to instill a conceptual understanding of math, with different methods of problem solving that made sense to different students. More than half of elementary school teachers in the U.S. use EngageNY/Eureka Math materials, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Multiple Strategies Episode One: Number Bonds
Your first-graders don't need a calculator to solve addition problems like 998 plus 337. Eureka Math shows how understanding models, like number bonds, make complicated problems more manageable. See our new explainer on number bonds here.

The explainer is the first in a three-part series by Eureka Math Lead Mathematician Scott Baldridge that shows how and why students need to have options for how to solve problems. Check back next week for our second installment.
Ready for Summertime Professional Development?
Calling all new and seasoned users of Eureka Math: Make room on your calendar for professional development events coming to a town near you. See our full schedule and check below for upcoming events that feature Level II content.
 
WEST COAST: The Eureka Math Summer Institute will be stopping in Whittier, California June 7-9, San Jose, California June 20-21, and Issaquah, Washington June 27-30.
 
EAST COAST: We're eager to meet educators in Kutztown, Pennsylvania June 20-21, Durham, New Hampshire June 22-23, and Hartford, Connecticut August 8-11.
 
SOUTH: Attend our session July 19-20 in Tifton, Georgia at the University of Georgia.
 
MIDWEST: We look for educators from all K-12 grades at our sessions. We'll be visiting Kalamazoo, Michigan June 27-30 and Chicago, Illinois July 27-29.
 
Register for these sessions and learn more here. We look forward to meeting and working with you!
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