This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report. ASTON, Pa.— In Jodie Murphy’s kindergarten class, math lessons go beyond the basics of counting and recognizing numbers. On a recent ...

In Jodie Murphy's kindergarten class in Aston, Pennsylvania, math lessons go beyond the basics of counting and recognizing numbers. On a recent morning, the children used plastic red and yellow dots ...

Kindergartners Xander Schlechter and Roman Carranza Rendon were bickering over one of them hogging the wooden train tracks Monday during class playtime. Noticing the conflict, Natalie McKaig had ...