Texas District Looking To Expand Computer-Based Math Curriculum

Education Week (12/21, Repko) profiles the "personalized computer-based math program called Reasoning Mind" that the Dallas Independent School District is using "supplement their regular math lessons" for second graders. "Next school year, district officials may nearly triple the number of students using the program by expanding it to the third and fourth grades. The hope, district officials say, is to boost test scores and better prepare students for algebra." The piece notes that the program, "funded largely by Texas philanthropists, many from oil and energy backgrounds...has been adopted by 331 schools in eight states, according to Reasoning Mind."