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Print Textbooks from Mathspace

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Print Textbooks from Mathspace

Five reasons why schools should consider print and digital textbooks from Mathspace.

Navigating the Transition: Mathspace's Free Crosswalk Skills Book for Virginia's New Math Standards

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Navigating the Transition: Mathspace's Free Crosswalk Skills Book for Virginia's New Math Standards

Mathspace has just launched a brand new Crosswalk Skills Book for the state of Virginia. And even better, we're making it accessible at no cost for all teachers and divisions for the 2023-2024 school year.

Improving Mathspace usability with learning science

For any tech product, ease of use is extremely important. It’s even more important for EdTech. EdTech usability should never get ‘in the way’ of learning. But there is a balance. There is also no point in having an easy-to-use product if it doesn’t improve student learning. Over

“I wonder how much Mathspace costs?”

“I wonder how much Mathspace costs?”

We’ve been operating as an EdTech company for more than 12 years now. It’s really exciting to see the industry grow and to watch the way today’s mathematics classrooms are using technology in innovative ways to further student learning. But over the course of the 12 years

Do textbooks still matter?

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Do textbooks still matter?

Textbooks remain a very important learning tool. Still the dominant resource used by most schools, textbooks are trusted. So we started asking: How can we enhance (rather than replace) traditional textbooks?

We condemn racism and support those fighting for justice.

We condemn racism and support those fighting for justice.

We know that there is much work to be done in the educational technology community around equity and social justice. We must do better by our Black students and educators.

Software Engineers have the power to change the world

Software Engineers have the power to change the world

A short history of my personal experience with software engineers and why I’m optimistic about our future. For my entire professional life, I’ve worked closely with software engineers and loved what they do. The math lover in me has always been envious of their everyday work — they pretty

Creating company values your team can own

Creating company values your team can own

At Mathspace [http://mathspace.co], we believe that EVERY student can excel at Mathematics with the right help at the right time. Our mission is to be: The right help at the right time for every student. As I reflect on 2016 I realise what a big year it was

If half the world was illiterate, would that be ok?

If half the world was illiterate, would that be ok?

It’s not socially acceptable to be illiterate. It shouldn’t be socially acceptable to be bad at math either. It’s hard to believe that just over 50 years ago less than half the adult world was able to read (Our World in Data [https://ourworldindata.org/literacy/]). For

Are online mathematics programs damaging early student learning?

Are online mathematics programs damaging early student learning?

There’s a common belief that technology always improves things. It can make things faster, more efficient, more powerful… The list goes on. With online Mathematics there’s the belief that technology can help us to move away from a traditional model of mathematics instruction and towards a new, personalized

Why is Australia behind in Mathematics, and who is to blame?

Why is Australia behind in Mathematics, and who is to blame?

“I’m illiterate, haha…. I just hated English at school!” I can’t say that I’ve ever heard anyone say that. Sure, some people will say that they didn’t enjoy English at school, but very few people will openly proclaim that they are illiterate. What about this one…