Math Education · Weekly
Honest conversations about the messy, emotional side of teaching and learning math.
Hosted by Dr. Pamela 'Pam' Brett, Blue Glasses Math explores the human side of math classrooms — the beliefs, emotions, and identities that shape who sees themselves as 'a math person.' Each week Pam talks with educators, researchers, and authors about navigating the complex interactions of math teaching and helping every student build a positive math identity.
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Math educator, consultant & host of Blue Glasses Math
📍 United States
Dr. Pamela 'Pam' Brett is a math educator and consultant who works with teachers, schools, and families on the emotional and identity work that surrounds math learning. Through her consulting practice and the Blue Glasses Math podcast, she champions math classrooms where every student is treated as a real human, not a robot — and where beliefs, regulation, and relationships are taken as seriously as content.
Breathwork coach for educators & athletes
📍 Canada
Ashlee Livingstone is a breathwork coach who works with teachers, students, and adolescent athletes on nervous-system regulation. Her micro-practices — including her signature 'driveway breathing' — give educators fast, repeatable tools to come out of survival mode and hold space for struggling learners.
View full profile →Elementary math consultant, coach & co-author of the Fluency Doesn't Just Happen series
📍 United States
Ann Elise Record is an elementary math consultant and coach, co-author of the Fluency Doesn't Just Happen series, and the educator behind the Math Running Records and Math Intervention Matters communities. She helps teachers move students from counting to flexible, relational reasoning through manipulatives, coherent intervention, and joyful instruction.
View full profile →Cognitive-neuroscience educator & author
📍 United States
Liesl McConchie is a cognitive-neuroscience educator, speaker, and author of Building a Positive Math Identity: A Brain-Science Approach. Her work helps teachers understand the emotional 'watercolors' students carry into math class and design experiences that build durable, positive math identities.
View full profile →Math educator, author & co-creator of Open Middle
📍 Southern California, USA
Robert Kaplinsky is a math educator, author of Open Middle Math, and co-creator of the Open Middle problem library used by teachers worldwide. He works with schools and districts on professional learning that centers student thinking and meaningful problem-solving.
View full profile →Educational learning experience designer (SEL, equity & math)
📍 United States
Dr. Lauren Fullmer is an educational learning-experience designer working at the intersection of social-emotional learning, equity, and mathematics. She supports educators in recognizing dyscalculia and designing classrooms where diverse learners build positive math identities.
View full profile →Education author & filmmaker (Aftermath, What School Could Be)
📍 United States
Ted Dintersmith is the author of Aftermath and What School Could Be, producer of three Sundance education films, and a tireless advocate for reimagining school in an age of machine intelligence. He argues that math education must shift from rote mechanics to the powerful ideas adults actually use.
View full profile →Math educator, author & founder of Guided Math in Action
📍 United States
Dr. Nicki Newton is a math educator, author of more than 20 books on guided math, math workshop, and number sense, and a sought-after consultant. Her work champions joyful, inquiry-based math teaching and a more vulnerable, curious posture in front of students.
View full profile →Breathwork coach Ashlee Livingstone joins Pam Brett to unpack what happens when teachers and students show up depleted — and what becomes possible when they don't. They explore survival mode, regulation, and Ashlee's signature 'driveway breathing' practice for educators.
Elementary math consultant Ann Elise Record on fluency that isn't about speed, manipulatives at every grade level, Math Running Records, and why coherent intervention matters more than any single strategy.
Cognitive-neuroscience educator Liesl McConchie on the emotional 'watercolors' students carry into math class — and practical activities to support positive math identities for every learner.
Robert Kaplinsky shares his journey into math education, the power of Open Middle problems, and why teaching standards must evolve to match a rapidly changing world.
Dr. Lauren Fullmer on the intersection of social-emotional learning, equity, and math — including her personal math journey, insights on dyscalculia, and strategies for supporting diverse learners.
Pam Brett explores the challenges and realities of digital learning, student motivation, and over-engineered classrooms — and makes the case for curiosity and simple, effective teaching.
Ted Dintersmith on the urgent need to shift math education from rote mechanics to powerful ideas, drawing on his films, books, and his latest work, Aftermath.
Dr. Nicki Newton on her journey from reluctant math learner to passionate educator and advocate for joyful, inquiry-based math teaching — plus the role of vulnerability and AI in the classroom.
