New curriculum standards are changing instruction in Juneau schools

Eli Wyatt and Tia Vreeland work a math problem on the board. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)
“Nineteen plus 34. Can you do it?” Tia Vreeland, a kindergarten and first-grade teacher at Glacier Valley Elementary School, asked her former student, Eli Wyatt.
Eight-year-old Eli is in second grade. He made a return visit to Vreeland’s classroom to prove second-graders can add double digit numbers.
This is the fifth year of a six-year curriculum review in the district and it is