The largest K-12 public school district in the nation will overhaul its math instruction program in the approaching 2024-2025 academic year, adopting a more creative approach to teaching problem-solving that millions of students in other states already use.
The Illustrative Mathematics (IM) curricula will be applied in New York City Public Schools across 93 middle schools and 420 high schools as part of the NYC Solves Initiative, which aims to improve test scores and student performance, according to a press release from Mayor Eric Adams issued last month.
After that announcement, a series of public presentations on the change took place. Teachers in grades 6-12 are completing training ahead of the first day of classes in September, and IM will be phased in at elementary schools across the district in the coming academic years….