In 2007, Joel Rose began developing an idea for an innovative, blended strategy for teaching middle school math. Over the course of the next nine years, it would develop into a program with over 40 partner schools positively impacting over 13,000 students. In this podcast, Tom Vander Ark talks to Joel about the program and where it's headed. For more, see: Let’s Talk Math: Two New Resources to Help Promote Mathematical Discourse (http://www.gettingsmart.com/2016/12/2-resources-mathematical-discourse/) Personalized Math at Fulton's Bear Creek Middle School (http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/01/personalized-math-fultons-bear-creek-middle-school/) Middle Grade Math: Comprehensive and Open (http://www.gettingsmart.com/2016/10/middle-grade-math-comprehensive-and-open/)