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District staff recommends Illustrative Math for K–3 after positive pilot

Colonial School District Curriculum & Technology Committee · March 26, 2026
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Summary

District curriculum staff recommended adopting Illustrative Math for kindergarten through third grade after a year-long pilot that teachers said increased engagement, supported discourse and offered built-in differentiation; no formal board vote was recorded in the meeting transcript.

Ed Burke, the district’s math curriculum supervisor, recommended that the board consider adopting Illustrative Math for students in kindergarten through third grade, citing results from a recent pilot.

Burke told the committee that pilot teachers reported higher student engagement, more meaningful math discourse, a variety of instructional representations and assessment options that helped teachers…

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