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TERC Experts Publish Groundbreaking Resource on Teaching Early Algebra to Improve Students’ Ability in Mathematics
New book by Maria Blanton, Angela Murphy Gardiner offers insight, practical guidance to help teachers empower young learners to think algebraically, leading to later mathematical prowess
New TERC Tech Talks Video Podcast Evaluates AI Tools for Educators
TERC has launched TERC Tech Talks, a new video podcast series designed to help educators, parents, and practitioners navigate the rapidly evolving world of AI tools and emerging learning technologies.
Hands On! Spring 2025 Magazine
Articles include:
- Sound Travels: Seeking to understand how soundscapes in learning settings influence their visitors’ learning
- Introduction: Making and STEM Learning in Formal and Informal Settings
- Discovering STEM, entrepreneurship, and careers through making
- Math and Making for Middle School Youth
New Publication Shows What’s Possible When All Students Are Seen as Mathematicians
A new book by Susan Jo Russell and Deborah Schifter offers a powerful vision for K–5 math classrooms where all students thrive. Learn how equitable participation and deep math learning go hand in hand.
Project LEAP’s Maria Blanton and Angela Gardiner featured in EdWeek
Can Kindergarten Math Lay the Foundation for Algebra? New Study Aims to Find Out
Teaching algebraic thinking skills early—like generalizing, representing, and reasoning—can set students up for success, researchers say.
News & Events
Teacher Leadership: Collective Growth Through Collaboration
September 25, 2026
In this article just published in Kaleidoscope by the Knowles Teacher Initiative, TERC's Annie Sussman draws on the stories of classroom teachers who identified as teacher leaders. Together, their stories offer a different way of thinking about teacher leadership: A title doesn’t define a teacher leader. Instead, leadership emerges through the actions teachers take over time to support collective growth and change.
TERC Researchers Explore How Makerspaces Can Support Young Women’s Agency
September 11, 2026
A chapter from the AAMASE project in Education Applications & Developments XI explores how hands-on making experiences can support agency among high-school-aged young women. The chapter highlights how different types of making projects can foster self-efficacy, personalization, connection, planning, and iteration.
TERC Experts Publish Groundbreaking Resource on Teaching Early Algebra to Improve Students’ Ability in Mathematics
September 8, 2026
New book by Maria Blanton, Angela Murphy Gardiner offers insight, practical guidance to help...
I loved the camaraderie, the ability to deepen and strengthen my work in a non-competitive, safe space… The regular and structured discussions with TERC mentors were very helpful to my growth as a scholar.”