Dr. Hilary Kreisberg is the Director of the Center for Mathematics Achievement at Lesley University, the President of the Boston Area Math Specialists organization, and an Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education. She is a Global Math Project National Ambassador and co-author of Adding Parents to the Equation: Understanding Your Child's Elementary School Math (2019). Hilary has been featured on WBUR Radio, WBZ news, the Lowell Sun, Education Weekly, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. She is a frequent national, regional, and local speaker and has won over $1 million dollars in federal and private funding for research.

Dr. Matthew Beyranevand is the K-12 Mathematics Department Coordinator for the Chelmsford, Massachusetts Public Schools. Matthew is an ambassador for the Global Math Project, supporter for the With Math I Can campaign, and a member of the Massachusetts STEM Advisory Council. He also serves as an adjunct professor of mathematics and education at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and Fitchburg State University. Matthew has been featured on WBUR radio, WBZ news and the Boston news magazine Chronicle. Matthew is also the author of Teach Math Like This, Not Like That: Four Critical Areas to Improve Student Learning (2017) published by Rowman & Littlefield and co-authored with Dr. Hilary Kreisberg Adding Parents to the Equation: Understanding Your Child's Elementary School Math (2019) published by Rowman & Littlefield.

Praise Pages
About the Authors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Why This Book Now?
Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Coronavirus Epidemic
Examining Your Core Beliefs
What Role Have You Played?
What is a Parents Role in Their Childs Mathematics Learning?
How to Use This Book
The Goal and Structure of This Book
APPLY IT!
Stepping Into Parents Shoes
Asking Parents About School Communication
What Parents Do and Why
What Can We Learn?
Putting It All Together
Frequently Asked Questions
Apply It! Teacher Activity
Apply It! Leader Activity
Understanding What Parents Need to Know About Todays Math
What Parents Really Need to Know About Todays Math
Math Instruction Evolves...Just Like Everything Else
Mathematics is Not a Gene
We Prepare Students for the Future, Not Today
What Parents Really Need to Know About Their Childs Math
Putting It All Together
Frequently Asked Questions
Apply It! Teacher Activity
Apply It! Leader Activity
Planning Effective School-wide Mathematics Communication
The Systemic Problem
The Determining Roles of All Stakeholders
Clarifying Roles of Leaders, Teachers, and Other Educators
Clarifying Roles of Parents
Crafting and Communicating Consistent School-wide Policies
Establishing Homework Policies
Communicating Grading Policies
Getting Buy-In and Commitment from All Stakeholders
Putting It All Together
Frequently Asked Questions
Apply It! Teacher Activity
Apply It! Leader Activity
Exploring How to Communicate with Parents About Math
What Makes Written Communication With Parents Effective?
Write So They Can Read It
Write So They Want to Read It
Relate to What Parents Know
Communicate Frequently
Tools For Communication and When to Use Them
Traditional Communication
Digital Communication
Putting it All Together
Frequently Asked Questions
Apply It! Teacher Activity
Exploring What to Communicate to Parents About Math
Reaching Parents-at-large
Schoolwide Beginning of Year Letter
Homework Communication from School Level to Parents
Mid-Year Homework Survey
Reaching Parents-as-a-class
Beginning of Year Survey
Beginning of Year Letter from the Teacher
Unit Preview Letters
Weekly Letters
Mid-Year and End-of-Year Surveys from Teacher
Reaching Parents-as-individuals
Putting It All Together
Frequently Asked Questions
Apply It! Teacher Activity
Apply It! Leader Activity
Hosting Parent Events
Parent Experiences
Non-Math Specific Events
Back to School Nights
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Math-Specific Events
Family Math Nights
Parent Math Nights
Family Math Days and Mornings
Parent Book Clubs
Mystery Mathematicians
Putting It All Together
Frequently Asked Questions
Apply It! Teacher Activity
Apply It! Leader Activity
Conclusion: Shifting the Narrative
Our Top 8 Ways to Support Parents in Mathematics
References
Index