How can teachers help students overcome math anxiety and rediscover their confidence? Bianca Gentry shares practical strategies for building resilience, supporting student well-being, and creating a classroom culture where mistakes become opportunities for growth.
Keep it Real, Keep it Relevant: Making Math Fun and Relatable in California Mathematics Classrooms
Are students prepared to solve the litany of real-world problems they will face without a sufficient amount of given information? Dive into a few practical examples of instructional strategies that create mathematical relevancy.
Empowering Students & Visioning Forward: 5 Key Takeaways from the 2023 California Mathematics Framework
In the summer of 2023, the California Mathematics Framework was approved and now serves as a comprehensive guide to shape California mathematics curricula and curricula across the country.
Key Qualities of a Problem-Based Learning Approach
Using the qualities of mathematical learning experiences as our guideposts, we can ensure that any pedagogical approaches, including Problem-Based Learning, are interpreted and implemented in ways that lead to meaningful and lasting student learning.
Big Ideas Learning Builds a High-Quality Instructional Foundation with California Math & YOU
The new California Mathematics Framework, finalized and adopted in July of 2023, sets a bold vision for the future of mathematics education in California.
California Math & YOU Approved by the State Board of Education
California Math & YOU, the innovative K–12 math curriculum from Big Ideas Learning, has officially been approved by the California State Board of Education for mathematics instruction kindergarten through Algebra 1 and Integrate Math 1.
Building Success in Mathematics: Teaching with HQIM to Leverage Assessment for Learning
In this blog, you’ll learn what types of feedback truly move learning forward, how math teachers can make it timely and actionable, and why the right comments, not more comments, make all the difference.
Building Success in Mathematics: Teaching with HQIM to Support Classroom Discourse
Mathematical discourse is the purposeful communication, through talk, reasoning, argumentation, and representations, that students and teachers engage in to build, test, and refine mathematical understanding together.
Building Success in Mathematics: 10 High-Impact Strategies to Transform Teaching and Learning
This webinar explores how evidence-informed practices can balance rigor with joy, make thinking visible, and engage every learner.
Building Success in Mathematics: Teaching with HQIM to Support Mathematical Modeling
Mathematical modeling transforms math from abstract exercises into a tool for understanding and improving the world. When students connect mathematics to real-life problems, they discover its power to create change and develop the confidence to think critically and creatively.







