Honoring Diversity

As mathematics classrooms are becoming more and more diverse, teachers aiming to help all of their students learn are increasingly challenged. Pandemic-related learning gaps, the arrival of newcomers who may have experienced interrupted schooling, and the increase in the number of students with disabilities in general education classrooms have intensified performance differences among students. It is widely recognized that teachers require help and support to meet the varied needs of the different students they serve. There is less certainty, however, about the kind of support that will help teachers to make this happen.
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The Math for All team has been reading Carol Ann Tomlinson’s Everybody’s Classroom for the past few months. There are many connections between Tomlinson’s work and our work in Math for All, as well as some key takeaways that deepen our understanding of making math accessible to all students. In this blog post, we explore what honoring diversity means to us and, building on Tomlinson’s work, take a deep dive into a flexible mathematics classroom environment that can enhance our ability to honor students’ diversity as learners.
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