Ed Surge – Christy Matte
“When Dr. Jo Boaler started her teaching career in inner-city London—in a culturally diverse school population with roughly 250 different languages spoken—she was tasked with teaching math to students assigned to the bottom track. As far as the school system was concerned, this was the group destined for low-level achievement. She recalls one of her students asking, “Why should we bother?” This experience inspired Dr. Boaler to work with her school to shift to a mixed achievement approach for students. It also sparked her passion for math education reform.” (more)