In this episode of Room to Grow, Ali Martinez, Chief Program Officer for Math at Student Achievement Partners (SAP), joins Joanie and Curtis for a conversation about the math that matters. In the current era, math teachers face too much content and too little time to feel or be effective in allowing students the chance to learn math deeply.

Aly shared information about SAP’s national initiative to identify essential mathematics content for high school, and to integrate data science competencies. The work builds on COVID-era prioritization efforts and aims to address curriculum overload through systems-level change involving standards revision, instructional materials alignment, and cross-sector collaboration. 

The conversation acknowledges and elevates the role of durable skills, the rising importance of data literacy, and the need for systemic change to realize these desired outcomes.

Be sure to check out these resources, referenced in this month’s episode.

• Learn more and stay in touch with Math that Matters resource: https://learnwithsap.org/math-that-matters/ 
• Durable skills in math https://learnwithsap.org/durableskills/ 
• High School redesign: https://learnwithsap.org/overlap-to-opportunity/ 
• Research into high school math textbooks https://learnwithsap.org/math/a-rare-look-inside-high-school-math-textbooks-and-what-publishers-say-needs-to-change/        
• Coherence Map from Student Achievement Partners      
• Data Science for Everyone website