Using concepts students are already familiar with — like how bottles vibrate — can serve as a helpful anchor for more complex topics.

A new bill would require districts to screen for — and help — students falling behind in math in the early grades, just as they now do for students with challenges in reading.

The district will be buying the i-Ready Classroom Mathematics universal numeracy curriculum at a cost of $1.325 million, after the school board approved the curriculum purchase at ...