Thomas Mayfield had a major problem to solve in his fifth-grade classroom. "I'm not good at adding. I don't know how to regroup or borrow. I'm not good at subtracting. Or I don't know my facts yet, ...

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A Texas teacher helped struggling math students find success by integrating music into the curriculum. He's now teaching this method to other instructors. We have a story now about a teacher who used ...

We have a story now about a teacher who used to struggle to find ways for students to like math. But Thomas Mayfield found a way through music. And as NPR's Mia Estrada reports, now Mayfield is ...