Bringing Cultural Relevance to Math (feat. Niki Wells)

Access the full transcript for this episode“…We try to make high-level, engaging curriculum for math, and the best part about it is we figured it out using the lens of data science.”In this episode, Niki Wells, a K-12th Grade Curriculum Developer for Chicago Public Schools and Curriculum Editor for Skew the Script, shares her experiences teaching high school math and how she’s used cultural relevance and data science in order to get her students excited about math. While speaking on that topic, she also shares her own personal journey with math, what led her to also fall back in love with the subject, and how she uses that to create engaging content that her students love.“For us as teachers, we really had to wake up and realize that we’re all doing the exact same thing and if we can pull from each other, we can actually make engaging math lessons that make students see that it’s real and actually want to do it.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit datascienceeducation.substack.com