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For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. The kids had fun, but the ...

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The right combination of a learning-focused device and curriculum-aligned digital content can significantly impact a child's ...

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