Edutopia – Sarah Gonser
“Boaler, a professor of mathematics education at Stanford University, a best-selling author, and the cofounder of the math education site youcubed.org, has spent decades thinking about how to undo the damage. Her work, closely aligned with Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck’s research on growth mindset, explores what Boaler calls “our most harmful and persistent ideas about innate ability.” She’s a vocal proponent of changing the way we assess mathematics and modernizing the math curriculum—especially in high school—so that it’s more engaging, more inclusive, and more likely to prepare kids for the modern workforce.” (more)