Check out this special episode of the Route K-12 podcast as host Jim Cowen and guest Vanessa Vakharia, the Math Guru and self-described Lady Gaga of Math, as they prove that everyone can and should see themselves as “math people.”
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Join host Jim Cowen and K-12 policy experts Chad Aldeman, Dale Chu, and Jocelyn Pickford as they launch March MATHness – a friendly competition spotlighting leading math investments and initiatives making a difference for kids.
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Join nationally recognized education policy expert Chad Aldeman as he explores the evolving landscape of educational recovery and progress.
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Hosted by Jim Cowen from the Collaborative for Student Success, this podcast travels the country on a kind of “road trip” to talk about the ways federal recovery dollars are being used in states to reshape education. Along the way, we’ll hold up the best examples – with the hope that those practices are repeated in other schools. Look for the Route K-12 Podcast wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts weekly starting on June 13th.
Listen NowLift up and focus attention on practices that have the potential to help schools recover stronger so all students benefit. This focus helps to bolster support for sound policy above the political fray.
We must challenge the belief that some of us are inherently bad at math. We level crooked tables and split bar tabs without even thinking about it. So this belief that not everyone can do math just doesn’t “add up.”
Join the We’re All Solvers movement as we demonstrate that everyone can be a math person. Access math-focused podcast episodes, read expert commentary, and share leading math practices here.
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Hosted by Jim Cowen from the Collaborative for Student Success, this podcast travels the country on a kind of “road trip” to talk about the ways federal recovery dollars are being used in states to reshape education. Along the way, we’ll hold up the best examples – with the hope that those practices are repeated in other schools.
