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First-Year SCS Teacher Hoping To Help Students Develop A Love Of Math

Meet Priyanka Pai, known as Ms. Pai (pronounced "pie") to her eighth grade students at Hamilton Middle School.

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, and a graduate of Emory University in Atlanta, Pai is ready to take on the challenges of living in a new city AND serving as a first-year teacher in one of the most demanding yet rewarding school environments: an iZone school.

Although her formal training has prepared her for success in the classroom, it may be Pai’s special aptitude for teaching that

Scheduling Improvement

What teacher couldn’t use more time to plan? And what school wouldn’t welcome better instruction and improved student learning?

Minor Middle School in Jefferson County, Alabama, provides teachers with one full day a month (known as “plus days”) for intensive planning, and the results have been remarkable for both teachers and students.

“The planning time has afforded our teachers the opportunity to improve their instruction immensely, and consequently, as indicated by our data, student learnin