Math Narrative Project Community of Practice 2025-2026

Episode 045: The Math Narrative Project | September 24, 2025 | Blue Glasses Math

In this episode of Blue Glasses Math, members of the MathTrust team join Pamela Brett to discuss the Math Narrative Project, an initiative focused on reshaping how mathematics teaching and learning are experienced and discussed. Representing MathTrust, Dionne Aminata, Deborah Peart Crayton, Adrienne Baytops Paul, and Nicole Joseph, PhD share the purpose, design, and impact of this work.

The conversation centers Black student voices as essential sources of insight for understanding classroom dynamics, instructional decisions, and the beliefs teachers hold about who is capable of doing mathematics. We discuss how the Math Narrative Project surfaces assumptions, highlights the role of relationships, and calls attention to the systemic conditions that shape students’ mathematical identities and sense of belonging.

This episode serves as both reflection and invitation. We invite educators, leaders, and advocates to listen closely to students’ experiences, interrogate long-held narratives, and commit to instructional and systemic shifts that affirm the brilliance and mathematical competence of Black students.