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Quick — conjure up your favorite memory of being in math class as a kid. Having trouble with that one? Well, today’s students might have an easier time fondly thinking back on a geometry or algebra ...

GREENVILLE, Ala. — Toward the end of a math lesson on a sunny Friday in October, fourth-grade teacher D’Atra Howard and math instructional coach LaVeda Gray ducked out of the classroom to huddle.

Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...