GILROY, Calif. -- In Gilroy Prep’s eighth-grade math class, there are no quiet rows of orderly desks facing an instructor. Instead, the room feels less like a classroom and more like the floor of a stock exchange, with the constant buzz of conversation as students sketch slopes and equations on tablets that project their stylus strokes onto nearby screens.
All the while, a trio of clipboard-wielding students circulate among their classmates � huddled in groups of three on the periphery of the room � asking questions, gesturing at the screens and explaining algebraic concepts.
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