District Case Studies

Murch Elementary

Murch Elementary School, Washington, D.C.

“Students were primarily engaged in traditional drill-and-practice exercises, and teacher instruction focused on procedures. Knowing what Math Solutions had done for me as a teacher and as an assistant principal, I knew they could teach us how to strengthen instruction at Murch.”




North East Independent School District, San Antonio, Texas

is a large and growing school district located in San Antonio, Texas. Lori Murach, NEISD Math Program Coordinator, and Chris Brunette, Lead Elementary Mathematics Specialist, spoke with us about the challenges of supporting teachers in a large, urban district and how Math Solutions Professional Development has helped in that ongoing endeavor.




Socorro Independent School District, El Paso, Texas

In 2004, a collaboration to improve math instruction began between Socorro Independent School District (ISD) and Math Solutions Professional Development.




New York City Department of Education/Community School Distrcts 3, 5, and 6, New York, New York

The Mathematics Professional Development Project is a collaboration between Community School Districts 3, 5, and 6 and partners MetroMath@CUNY (Brooklyn College) and Math Solutions. The scope of the project is grades K–12. Math Solutions provides support for grades K–8, which is the focus of this report; Brooklyn College supports grades 9–12.




Riverdale Elementary School, Prince George’s County, Maryland

  Goals Working in collaboration with Riverdale Elementary School and the Prince George’s County School District, Math Solutions designed a professional development plan to help teachers and teacher leaders to: Provide students with rich mathematical experiences in order to increase their ability to think and reason mathematically and apply their knowledge to new situations Improve…









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