We have a story now about a teacher who used to struggle to find ways for students to like math. But Thomas Mayfield found a way through music. And as NPR's Mia Estrada reports, now Mayfield is ...

Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

ANTIOCH, Calif. (KRON) – Jordan Orosco, a math teacher at Deer Valley High School in Antioch, wrote a rap about math to help his students learn in a fun, alternative way. Orosco said he is not a ...

LOS ANGELES - The class of eighth graders at a Los Angeles middle school tap their rulers and nod their heads to the rhythm of the rap video projected on a screen. It's not Snoop Dogg or Jay-Z. It's ...

LOS ANGELES -- The class of eighth graders at a Los Angeles middle school tap their rulers and nod their heads to the rhythm of the rap video projected on a screen. It's not Snoop Dogg or Jay-Z. It's ...

Jordan Orosco, a math teacher at Deer Valley High School in Antioch, wrote a rap about math to help his students learn in a fun, alternative way. Orosco said he is not a rapper outside the classroom, ...

Jordan Orosco, a math teacher at Deer Valley High School, joined us on 'The Nine' for Pi Day to talk about what he's doing with his students for the math holiday. Also known as 'That Math Magician,' ...

LOS ANGELES - The class of eighth-graders at a Los Angeles middle school tap their rulers and nod their heads to the rhythm of the rap video projected on a screen. It's not Snoop Dogg or Jay-Z. It's ...

A Texas teacher who helped struggling math students find success by integrating music into the curriculum is now teaching this method to other teachers. We have a story now about a teacher who used to ...

We have a story now about a teacher who used to struggle to find ways for his students to like math. But Thomas Mayfield found a way through music. And as NPR's Mia Estrada reports, now Mayfield is ...