Room to Grow - a Math Podcast
Room to Grow - a Math Podcast
Latest Episodes
Still Standing: Practical Sustainability for Educators
Teaching math in 2026 is demanding in ways that are structural, cultural, and relentless — and yet the conversation about teacher sustainability rarely makes space for what math educators are actually carrying. In this episode, Curtis and Joani...
I used to think… but now I think…
This episode of Room to Grow, Curtis and Joanie reflect on topics about which they have changed their minds. Although their minds have changed about different things, in their conversation, they have captured bigger ideas about what go...
Instructional Nudges with Zandra de Araujo
This episode of Room to Grow, Curtis and Joanie welcome Zandra de Araujo to the podcast. Zandra and her colleagues, Sam Otten and Amber Candella created math classroom “Instructional Nudges,” small tweaks to classroom practice that can...
From Anxious to Explorer: Rethinking Math Class for a Disengaged Generation
This episode of Room to Grow, Curtis and Joanie discuss two publications they have engaged with regarding technology, adolescents, and learning. The Anxious Generation describes the impact of smart phones and other recent tech...