This story is part of a series from the Education Reporting Collaborative in partnership with AL.com. For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, ...

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For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. The kids had fun, but the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By SHARON LURYE (Associated Press) For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up ...