Zak hit the convention floor at NCTM Atlanta to get some insight into attendees experiences and perspectives.
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We’re thrilled to launch our brand-new podcast, The Educators MathCast, where passionate conversations meet powerful ideas in K–12 mathematics education. Hosted by Mike Flynn and Zak Champagne, each month you’ll get two opportunities to spark your thinking:
- On the first of the month, Mike and Zak tackle a topic in mathematics education in a quick, 15-minute conversation that gets right to the heart of the issue.
- On the fifteenth, you’ll hear a “Voices from the Field” episode featuring rich conversations with teachers, coaches, and researchers from across the country.
Tune in to explore:
- Fresh perspectives on emerging trends in math education
- Real stories from real educators that highlight the challenges and joys of teaching
- Practical strategies you can bring into your own classroom right away
Ready to listen? Click below to dive into the first episode and join us on this thoughtful, inspiring journey in mathematics education.
What happens when you take the energy of a math debate and condense it into bite-sized classroom moments? You get Debate Math Minis!
Mike and Zak teamed up with Chris and Rob at Debate Math and created a series of seven short, powerful debates designed to spark discussion, reasoning, and let’s be honest…some healthy disagreements.
These debates are serious, mathy, and quirky all at once.
The first Mini drops Thursday August 14th. You can listen wherever you get your podcasts or you can watch at the Debate Math YouTube Channel. And we’ve got a new dropping each week.Â
Let’s get debating!
Rock out with this math playdate!
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Our subscription based collaborative, Friends of Flynn Education, is now open!
This is your chance to join a community of passionate math educators who are learning together, supporting one another, and growing every month.
Your membership gives you immediate access to:
- Live professional learning via Zoom for educators and math coaches.
- Self-directed workshops on math content, pedagogy, and teaching practices.
- Office hours with Mike and his team to ask questions, discuss problems of practice, and get support.
- New ready-to-use tasks, routines, and lessons to use with students.
- Live networking events including math playdates and special guest sessions with math leaders from the field.
And if you register before May 12th, your first month is FREE! If you love it (which we think you will), stay with us. If it’s not for you, no hard feelings!
It’s all live right now. Come take a look!
Available to Members of Friends of Flynn Ed Wednesday, May 7
This self-paced mini workshop takes you on an engaging journey into the practice (or process standard) of Modeling with Mathematics, offering a clear and practical understanding of what modeling really is, what it looks like in classrooms, and how to make it a central part of students’ problem-solving experiences.
Through real-world contexts, everyday environments, and easy-to-implement routines, you will learn how to help students develop a mathematical lens that sharpens their ability to mathematize contextualized situations, create and revise mathematical models, and use approximation to solve complex problems.
Target Audience
- K-5 teachers, math coaches, and math specialistsÂ
- This work applies to 6-8 as well, but the examples are mostly K-5
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
- Clearly define and describe what it means to model with mathematics.
- Identify and address common misinterpretations of mathematical modeling.
- Facilitate mathematical modeling opportunities using students’ environments.
- Implement daily routines that develop students’ mathematical lenses.
- Select, adapt, or design tasks that emphasize modeling with mathematics and enhance students’ problem-solving skills.
- Build students’ capacity to create, revise, and communicate their mathematical models using authentic contexts.
- Create a classroom culture where ambiguity and approximation are embraced as part of the problem-solving process.
Last April Math Playdate Tonight!
We can’t wait for our last April Math Playdate tonight and hope that you can join us!
Starting next month, Math Playdates are moving to our Friends of Flynn Education professional learning collaborative. We’d love to see you there!
Playdate reminder: Running a bit late? Don’t hesitate to join when you’re ready. We’ll be there to greet you, orient you to the task and help you join the conversation.
Welcome to Our New Home for K–12 Math Educators!
We’re thrilled to welcome you to our brand-new online space—a community built by and for K–12 math teachers who are passionate about growing their practice, connecting with peers, and transforming student learning. Whether you’re just beginning your teaching journey or are a seasoned educator looking for fresh ideas, this site is designed to support you every step of the way.
Why We’re Here
We know that teaching math is both rewarding and complex. From shifting standards to diverse classroom needs, math educators face evolving challenges—and incredible opportunities. Our goal is to create a supportive space where teachers can explore best practices, discover high-quality resources, and engage in meaningful professional development.
What You’ll Find
Here on the site, you’ll have access to:
- Curated Resources: Classroom-ready tools, lesson plans, and instructional strategies for all grade levels.
- Professional Learning: On-demand PD modules, webinars, and discussion forums to help you grow on your own schedule.
- A Collaborative Community: Opportunities to share ideas, ask questions, and connect with fellow teachers from across the country.
- Voices from the Field: Blogs, interviews, and features from real educators doing inspiring work in real classrooms.
Let’s Grow Together
This space is more than just a website—it’s a growing, evolving community. We invite you to explore, engage, and contribute. Your voice, your experiences, and your insights are what will make this community truly powerful.
So take a look around, introduce yourself in the forums, and don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re so glad you’re here.
Welcome to the journey—let’s make math matter, together.
A collaborative community of math educators dedicated to creating meaningful, engaging, and joyful mathematical experiences for each and every student.
May Membership Drive:
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, we have a special offer for the collaborative. Individuals and groups that register between May 5 and May 12 will receive free access for 30 days.
As a founding member, you’ll receive:
- Monthly live professional learning with Mike, Zak, Sarah and Stephanie
- Live community collaborations including networking, office hours, math playdates, and much more
- Engaging math tasks, routines, and lessons to bring back to your students
- Free monthly mini-courses ($540 value)
- Free registration for our Unleashing the Power of the Number System course ($325 value)
Bulk Registration Bonuses:
- Districts that register 100 teachers for the year-long subscription will receive a free 90-minute professional learning session hosted by us via Zoom.
- Districts that register 200 teachers for the year-long subscription will receive a free in-person professional learning experience from us.
- If you’re curious or want to chat more about how this could work for your team, please reach out.
Registration Starting 5/5/25
One of our favorite things at Flynn Education is doing math together. We love to take a really good math task and we dive in as a team and squeeze all the math we can out of it. We call them math play dates, and now we want to offer those to everyone. Let’s all come together and do some math. We’re going to have three free math playdates this month, one on April 14th, one on April 17th, and one on April 30th. You can join one or you can join all three. We’re going to do different math each time. We can’t wait to join you there.