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Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

Whispers and the sound of calculator buttons being pressed filled the hallways of Sandpoint High School on Tuesday evening.

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