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Seventh-grade teacher awarded challenge grant to pilot small-group math program at Bessie Allen Middle School

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Royal Smit, a seventh-grade math teacher at Bessie Allen Middle School, said a Wisconsin Retired Teachers Association challenge award will fund a 'Level up learning' small-group math pilot and larger, permanent whiteboards to give students more space to collaborate and tackle harder problems starting next school year.

Royal Smit, a seventh-grade math teacher at Bessie Allen Middle School in North Fond du Lac, said he received a Wisconsin Retired Teachers Association challenge award and will use it to pilot a small-group math program and buy larger whiteboards for his classroom.

"What we've learned just like any other school in the state and around the nation, math scores have been going down," Smit said, describing the motivation for…

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