Dear Academic Approach Families and Colleagues:u00a0

First off, as we begin Teacher Appreciation Week, a huge THANK YOU to our TEACHERS, who are working so hard and so creatively to keep our students engaged. The value of high quality teachersu2014if it went underappreciatedu2014will emerge from all this forever elevated.

As a parent, Iu2019m impressed by the effort and creativity of my own childrenu2019s teachers to help them maintain academic progress and stay engaged. As an educator, Iu2019m impressed by the rapid innovations at schools, adapting and evolving quickly to maintain academic progress.

One area of instructionu2014and the current innovations in teaching itu2014that interests us most is math. Personally, itu2019s the homeschool topic du jour in my house. Iu2019m seeing my childrenu2019s teachers utilize a range of tech platforms and creative project-based learning assignments to keep math learning engaged and visible. Professionally, itu2019s the subject that our data show require the greatest supplemental support to advance significantly.

Weu2019ll be spending this week with math on our minds, sharing research and some instructional solutions weu2019ve designed to help.

Be well,
Matthew Pietrafetta, Ph.D., Founder & CEO