A Joyful Math Resource

What You'll Find on this Site

This site is a compilation of our research on materials and resources of all kinds--from websites to articles, videos to curricular materials--for teachers and parents to utilize in making math joyful. We hope this site brings you JOY! 

About Us

This site was created by a passionate, dedicated group of cross-sector collaborators, brought together through Beyond100K's Foundational Math Moonshot CoLaboratory program. 

Members of the Foundational Math Moonshot CoLaboratory Program:

Kimberly Brenneman, Program Officer, Heising-Simons Foundation

Lisa Brown, Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin

Brenna Chambers, Professional Development Facilitator, Arizona Science Center

Zee Cline, CAPP Director, California State University, Office of the Chancellor

Thomas Figueroa, Director of Programs & Partnerships, STEM to the Future

Marcee Harris, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Learners Edge/Teaching Channel/iteach

Shelly LeDoux, Director, Professional Learning and Implementation, Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin

Bhesh Mainali, Associate Professor, Rider University College of Education and Human Services

Babette Moeller, Distinguished Scholar, Math for All Program at EDC

Sharon Sherman, Dean Emerita, Rider University College of Education and Human Services

Janet Stramel, Professor, Fort Hays State University

Kellie Taylor, Elementary Educator, Hawthorne Elementary

Abigail Vensel, Program Manager - Mentorship & Competitions, Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance

Twana Young, Vice President, Curriculum & Instruction, MIND Research Institute

This program was facilitated by Mesha Byrd, Network Manager at Beyond100K, with support from Ellie Goldberg, President at Infinite Solutions Education, and Rachael Murphy, Manager of Institutional Giving at Beyond100K.

About Beyond100K

Beyond100K mobilizes and supports a multi-sector, field-leading network to make and succeed at public commitments to end the STEM teacher shortage while increasing representation, equity, and belonging, particularly for Black, Latinx, and Native American teachers and students. 

In 2021, Beyond100K (formerly 100Kin10) successfully met its first 10-year goal by preparing more than 108,000 excellent STEM teachers for America’s classrooms, surpassing the audacious goal set by President Obama a decade prior. To meet our 100,000 STEM teacher goal, we developed an approach to social change called Networked Impact, which brought our partner organizations together to form a unified identity under a common goal and work collaboratively to develop innovative solutions to shared challenges that none of us could solve alone. We achieved this goal in the midst of a growing national teacher shortage and a global pandemic, uniting over 300 leading academic institutions, nonprofit institutions, foundations, and government agencies and 3,000 individuals across the country to tackle something seemingly intractable – ending the STEM teacher shortage, so that all kids could have access to a great STEM education and contribute their spark to a brighter future. 

Over the next ten years, we are building on our success in the first decade and our networked impact approach. By 2032, the Beyond100K network will reduce the STEM teacher shortage by one-third, mobilizing a growing network to prepare 150,000 and retain 150,000 excellent STEM teachers who increasingly represent the diversity of our nation’s classrooms and who commit to cultivating classrooms of belonging, beginning in schools in Black, Latinx, and Native American communities, so that all students can thrive in STEM.