Upending math classes in Rigby has been messy but worthwhile, says school official

Upending math classes in Rigby has been messy but worthwhile, says school official

Levi Jaynes helps students during a math class. | Carly Flandro, Idaho Ed News RIGBY (Idaho Ed News) — As a Rigby High instructional coach, Levi Jaynes was appalled at the math scores.  In 2018, only about a third of students who took the state’s standardized math exam were at grade level or higher.  Jaynes had moved to Rigby from Virginia, where he says he would have been fired from his math teaching position if his students’ scores were so low…

Upending math classes in Rigby has been messy but worthwhile

As a Rigby High instructional coach, Levi Jaynes was appalled at the math scores.  In 2018, only about a third of students who took the state’s standardized math exam were at grade level or higher.  Jaynes had moved to Rigby from Virginia, where he says he would have been fired from his math teaching position if his students’ scores were so low.  So he set out to make a change.  It’s been a “super messy” process, said Jaynes, who is now the scho…