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The Illinois State Board of Education approved a numeracy plan Wednesday aimed at helping educators improve how they teach math.

The plan offers districts and teachers resources, but does not mandate a curriculum or require schools to follow certain practices. Learn more from Chalkbeat.

Illinois hopes to improve math teaching with new numeracy plan The numeracy plan comes two years after the state adopted a literacy plan. Neither document mandates schools to adopt specific curriculum, but rather shares resources and best practices for improving instruction and student learning.

The experts at the UChicago To&Through Project have a recommended summer reading list for educators. Check it out.

1) The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
Priya Parker

2)10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People
David Yeager

3)The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
Daniel Coyle

4) Acts of Liberation
Ebony Green

5)Thrive: How the Science of the Adolescent Brain Helps Us Imagine a Better Future for All Children
Lisa Lawson

6)Backtalker: An American Memoir
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw