Recently released:

Melanie’s work was cited  in Pennsylvania’s Phase 2 Race to the Top application: 

During the 2008-2009 school year, Melanie worked with eight schools. 

Ø      Schools showed increases in student achievement at the advanced level in mathematics that that were 3.5 times greater than the school district as a whole.

Ø      Schools showed growth in proficiency in mathematics equal to 2-3 times greater than the remainder of the district. 

Ø      Students also posted percentage point reductions in below basic double the district reduction in below basic in math.

  • On 10/21/2011, we were informed that one of our students beat the national and state averages on the math section of the SAT.  This high school senior took the SAT on 10/1/2011 for the 1st time.  The highest math class the student took was trigonometry, junior year.  We worked with this student 3 times prior to the 10/1/2011 SAT! 

  • Effective July 2010, Melanie (Ryan) Sittler, MSED., owner of JUST MATH will serve in the role of Director of Curriculum and Instruction for a company that creates cyber schools for school districts.

  • During the 2009-2010 school year, Melanie (Ryan) Sittler, MSED., owner of JUST MATH attended several meetings of the Senate Education Committee regarding educational issues.

  • In January 2010, Melanie (Ryan) Sittler, MSED., owner of JUST MATH was invited to provide support to approximately eight (8) secondary schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma- to help school leaders and classroom teachers implement, and monitor implementation of, an instructional improvement program that is intended to improve high school students' college readiness.

  • JUST MATH and WQED continue to discuss a partnership that will provide dynamic, mathematics instructional materials and programs for public use.

  • In August 2008, Melanie (Ryan) Sittler, MSED., owner and instructor at JUST MATH, signed a contract to work for Americas Choice, an organization affiliated with the National Center on Education and the Economy. She provided onsite support to administrators and teachers at eight (8) Accelerated Learning Academies in the Pittsburgh area during regular school hours. Below are the results of her work:

    •  Since 2004, JUST MATH has helped over 40 public/private/charter schools, nonprofit organizations and universities in Western Pennsylvania increase student achievement in mathematics.