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DAYTON – Eighth-grade math teacher Kristen Frankie gave a presentation at last week’s meeting of the Dayton School Board about a national middle-school math conference she recently attended.

She said the purpose of the conference was to explore curriculum and support materials designed by MidSCHOOLmath, for middle school classroom use.

Frankie demonstrated a sample lesson from the curriculum, which provides student-based learning, which is the best kind, she said. She told the board she does not use a math textbook in her in...