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Popular math program ‘Dreambox' helping improve test scores
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Popular math program ‘Dreambox' helping improve test scores

It’s expensive, but Fort Worth ISD teachers say a popular online math program is helping them improve test scores, and they don’t want to risk losing it. NBC 5 Education Reporter Wayne Carter fills us in on the fate of the program.

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