Following the progress of pupils at various schools and into adult life, Jo Boaler outlines the crisis in maths education and proposes ways to motivate pupils about the subject. She offers concrete solutions, including classroom approaches, strategies for pupils, advice for parents and ways that parents can work with teachers.
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Jo Boaler has been a mathematics teacher in inner London comprehensive schools and a full-time officer for the National Union of Teachers. She was the deputy-director of the mathematics team writing the first national curriculum tests for Key Stage 3 at King's College. Jo has a PhD in mathematics education and now works as a lecturer and researcher in mathem
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