solving world problems is a pun on the way that word problems in math often have little to do with the real world. This site provides resources and information for math teachers, teacher educators, parents, and students to problematize what matters in mathematics education. 

This page is created & maintained by Frances K. Harper, PhD.

Current Projects

Recent Publications

• Embracing culturally relevant robotics in the preschool classroom: Leveraging familiar contexts for new learning
• Geometry, groceries, and gardens: Learning mathematics and social justice through a nested, equity-direct instructional model
• Centering teacher and parent voice to realize culturally relevant teaching of computational thinking in early childhood
• Gatekeeping in mathematics for social and racial justice: A conversation among colleagues
• Entangling and disentangling inquiry and equity: Voices of mathematics education professors and mathematics professors