Watch: Materials Matter for Inspiring Students

Meet Spencer, a high school junior, and Jessica, an EdReports.org math reviewer, and hear them talk about why high-quality instructional materials matter for challenging, inspiring, and guiding students.

Transcript

Spencer 0:00
I think having high-quality materials helps the teachers as well as the students. In order for people to learn more, there needs to be a little bit of challenge and adversity. When teachers show a student that they can do something that seemed difficult at first, it elevates their confidence

Jessica 0:17
when you are providing them with solid materials and they are seeing the power of their learning come through, they become so much more involved. And I think at the end of the day, they feel like what's been put in front of me has been a challenge, but I climbed that mountain, and I stood up top and I succeeded.