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Math

Why this matters

Imagine a future where students never say “I’m not a math person.” Math can spark confidence, creativity, and opportunity for everyone – but only if we teach in ways that include everyone. With continuous improvement, we can shift math instruction to support growth and success for all students.

Every student can thrive in math – as long as they feel supported and connected to their learning. But traditional instruction wasn’t designed to promote success for all young people, especially those furthest from opportunity. Instead, our current systems make math a gatekeeper – encouraging only some students to engage deeply, embrace challenges, and pursue opportunities in math.

So many of us across the country are shifting teaching practice and classroom culture to transform the way students learn math. Continuous improvement gives us a way to reimagine and redesign math instruction – so all students can grow their skills and believe in their brilliance.

As collaborative improvers, we can create ways to cultivate success and a positive math identity for every student. We can build and scale student-centered ideas for catalyzing curiosity, engagement, and understanding.

Join in as we learn our way into a new kind of math education – one that opens doors for every student.

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Who else is working on this
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Who else is working
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Across schools and systems, our partner improvers are working to support every student to see themselves as a math person. Learn how they’re transforming math instruction – and how you can get involved.

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Carnegie’s mission: To catalyze transformational change in education so that every student has the opportunity to live a healthy, dignified, and fulfilling life.
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Improvement Scholars Network
The Improvement Scholars Network is a community of practical scholars and scholarly practitioners advancing improvement research and continuous improvement in academic, practice, & policy
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Institute for Learning (IFL)
We collaborate with educators and districts. We grow content knowledge. We foster learning opportunities. We believe that educators should have the power and resources
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Educator Quality Center, California State University Office of the Chancellor
EdQ’s strategic vision​ is organized around the following three levers for improvement: 1) Leveraging Data for Improvement​ ​- EdQ develops functional data systems and
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Improving Education
At the core of everything we do, is the desire to improve educational systems. We take an innovative approach, using tools of Improvement Science
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Bank Street College of Education
The mission of Bank Street College is to improve the education of children and their teachers by applying to the education process all available
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Center for Educational Innovation and Improvement
CEii brings together the shared expertise of research and practice to develop leadership, improve schools, and advance equity. We foster collaborative partnerships for the
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National Center for School-University Partnerships
The mission of the National Center for School-University Partnerships is to foster a collaborative community dedicated to empowering educators, leaders, and institutions to advance
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Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate
The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) transforms the advanced preparation of educational professionals to lead through scholarly practice for the improvement of
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Community Design Partners
At Community Design Partners, we work to create equitable and lasting change in the world by helping organizations improve systems, engage communities, and strengthen
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