Name: Rooting Math in Our Communities: Using Data to Design Relevant and Engaging High School Lessons
Start: 2026-06-25T09:00:00-0700
End: 2026-06-25T10:30:00-0700

Rooting Math in Our Communities: Using Data to Design Relevant and Engaging High School Lessons

Thursday June 25, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT

Royal CDEF

Data drives decisions across economics, health, and sports—yet marginalized communities are often excluded. This session shows how our math classrooms can change that. Experience a community-rooted, data-rich approach for Integrated Math 1–3 and Ethnic Stats. We share sample tasks (investment modeling, UCSF Health Atlas scatterplots, and analyzing school funding) and vetted resources, then help you design statistics activities using locally relevant datasets. Leave with plan-ready materials and strategies that help students see themselves—and their communities—in mathematics and in the data-driven decisions shaping their world.

Speakers

Abigail Martinez

Math Teacher, El Rancho Unified

Moises Garcia

Algebra Teacher, ERUSD

Moises Garcia is a high school mathematics teacher and ethnomathematician whose work centers on rooting math in students’ communities, histories, and identities. With over 20 years of teaching experience, he designs learning experiences that connect rigorous mathematics to culture... Read More →