Educators say his approach flips traditional math instruction, often used to filter out weaker students, on its head.

Both schools use the Everyday Math program for math instruction.

The pace of his math instruction is also anemic.

Quasar is a $10 million program aimed at improving math instruction for middle school students.

Since 1991, seventh and eighth grade students have been separated by gender for math instruction.

He has also worked with the Chicago Public Schools on improving math instruction.

And tutoring services say that they are seeing an epidemic of children coming to them for basic math instruction.

"Given the relentless focus we've made on literacy in recent years, it's not surprising that math instruction has received less attention," she said.

"But the progress that we're starting to achieve in reading gives us a road map for what we need to improve math instruction."

This view is exceptionally strong when focusing on students with math disabilities and math instruction.