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After years of assigning the kind of homework she had done as a student and observing students’ disengagement with it, a teacher overhauled how she assigns math practice.

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GRAND JUNCTION Colo. (KREX)- Middle school students from across the Grand Valley put their math skills to the test Saturday during a local MATHCOUNTS chapter competition at Juniper Ridge Community ...