The fourth grade classroom at Rucker Elementary in Houston looks like one in any Texas city. The young teacher, dressed casually in slacks and a long-sleeved shirt, stands next to a whiteboard and gazes out at the nine- and ten-year-old students huddled around clusters of desks. A girl wearing a colorful headband dons a sweatshirt to protect herself from the chill of the air conditioner groaning in the background, while the boy next to her taps his foot to the beat of a tune in his head. On the front wall, next to the whiteboard, sits a conspicuous red timer, slightly smaller than a tissue box. Bold black numbers appear on its face. The clock is ticking down on a four-minute lesson segment—1:59, 1:58, 1:57—and the…
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