Innovative math program succeeds at American Indian schools, before funding is cut [HechingerReport.com]

Samantha Sangenito 9/4/154:00 AM

On one of the last days of school at Wyoming Indian Elementary School in the spring, Cheryl Williams is playing a game of “8-plus” with Atsa, a first grader with a round, reflective face under a fuzzy thatch of black hair. These sessions are often playtime for Atsa, but they are always serious for Williams, a teacher who works one-on-one with young children to jump-start their stalled mathematical thinking.

The game is simple. Atsa throws a die with the numerals 4 through 9 on its six faces.

“Seven,” he says.

[For more of this story, written by Ron Feemster, go to http://hechingerreport.org/inn...fore-funding-is-cut/]

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