Product 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?
Company 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.
Company 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
Company Creating company values your team can own At Mathspace, 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 for Mathspace. At
Mathematics 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). For a long time it
Mathematics 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
Education 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…
