The SFUSD Math Core Curriculum is built with all students in mind.
We believe that we must consider access and rigor together, this includes building off of and fostering student's strengths and preventing status from getting in the way.
​The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) model is a framework to address curricular planning that meets the needs of all learners.
​For more information, see Response to Intervention in Mathematics and Universal Design for Learning.
What does this mean for our English language learners?
● All students can and should develop a belief that mathematics is sensible, worthwhile, and doable.
● All students are capable of making sense of mathematics in ways that are creative, interactive, and relevant.
● All students can and should engage in rigorous mathematics through rich, challenging tasks.
● Students’ academic success in mathematics must not be predictable on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, language, religion, sexual orientation, cultural affiliation, or special needs.
Read about how Johns Hopkins University researchers boosted kindergarteners’ arithmetic performance by exercising their intuitive number sense with a quick computer game.
"When parents and educators model creative engagement with mathematics, children come to see math as more than simply a set of facts and operations. We want our students to become mathematical thinkers, not mathematical machines..."
Teaching involves developing the whole child, not only as good mathematicians but as good people—friends, colleagues, innovators, and citizens. Problem solving is not only a quantitative challenge but a human one. We can engage students in deeply understanding what resolving problems entails and what it feels like, which is satisfying for children and adults alike. Find out more.