When students and teachers experience math differently, everything changes
Tile Farm Academy supports a shift in math culture by helping students and teachers experience mathematics as joyful, beautiful, and meaningful. Designed to work alongside existing curricula, Tile Farm builds deep mathematical thinking while supporting the development of perseverant, curious, and creative learners.
Designed with research,
built for real classrooms
Tile Farm Academy was developed by a team of PhD mathematicians, scientists, and educators with support from the National Science Foundation. Its design is grounded in research on how students learn best, emphasizing sense-making, productive struggle, and the development of confident and flexible thinkers.
Tile Farm is patent-protected and funded in-part by the National Science Foundation.
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A coherent solution to five common district needs
| Instructional Need | Tile Farm Academy | Fluency Tool (Reflex, XtraMath) | Practice Platform (IXL, Zearn) | Intervention Program (i-Ready, ST Math) | STEAM / Coding Tool (Scratch, Minecraft) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number Sense & Fluency | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | △ | ✕ | |
| Intervention & Support | ✓ | ✕ | △ | ✓ | ✕ | |
| Gifted & Enrichment | ✓ | ✕ | △ | ✕ | ✓ | |
| STEAM & Creative Math | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | |
| Teacher Learning & PD | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | |
| Legend: ✓ = core focus △ = partial / limited ✕ = not a focus | ||||||
“We’ve seen a real shift in how both teachers and students feel about math. There’s a genuine sense of excitement around it. Tile Farm fits naturally alongside our existing curriculum and was very easy to set up.“
Elena Martinez, Principal
Evidence, implementation, and impact
Healing Teachers’ Relationship with Math
For many students, math anxiety doesn’t begin with numbers, it begins with adults. A growing body of research suggests that teachers’ and caregivers’ attitudes toward math can significantly shape how children experience the subject. When adults feel anxious, uncertain, or…
Inside a District-Wide Adoption of Tile Farm in a Large Public School System
Tile Farm is proud to partner with Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) on a district-wide adoption of Tile Farm Academy for STEAM and make labs, supporting creative, visual, and student-centered mathematics learning across the district. This partnership builds on a successful…
Tile Farm Academy: ESSA Tier 4 Evidence
Tile Farm Academy is supported by ESSA Tier 4 evidence (“Demonstrates a Rationale”). Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Tier 4 evidence includes a well-specified logic model grounded in high-quality research suggesting an intervention is likely to improve relevant…
Frequently Asked Questions
Tile Farm Academy is fully web-based and works on Chromebooks, laptops, desktops, and tablets, including iOS devices. It runs in modern browsers and does not require any special hardware or software installation, making it easy to deploy across existing district devices.
Tile Farm Academy is designed to work alongside existing curricula rather than replace them. Districts use it to support number sense, fluency, intervention, enrichment, STEAM initiatives, and professional learning without disrupting core instructional programs.
Yes. Tile Farm Academy is designed to scale across classrooms, schools, and grade levels. Its flexible structure supports whole-class instruction, small groups, intervention blocks, enrichment, and independent exploration, allowing districts to implement it in multiple contexts.
Tile Farm Academy has been especially effective with multilingual learners because it emphasizes visual thinking, patterning, and problem solving rather than language-heavy instruction. This has made it a strong fit in diverse districts, including in New Mexico, where it has been widely used with multilingual student populations to support access, engagement, and mathematical confidence.
Tile Farm Academy was developed by mathematicians, scientists, and educators with support from the National Science Foundation. It meets ESSA Tier IV criteria by demonstrating a clear, research-informed rationale grounded in learning science, mathematical sense-making, and the development of productive habits of mind such as perseverance, curiosity, and creativity. Tile Farm is actively engaged in ongoing research and district partnerships to continue building its evidence base.
Tile Farm’s low-floor, high-ceiling design allows students to enter tasks at many levels while still supporting deep mathematical thinking. This makes it effective for intervention, multilingual learners, and students seeking enrichment within the same classroom environment.
Tile Farm Academy is designed to be easy to adopt with minimal onboarding. Many teachers begin using it immediately, while districts can also access facilitation-ready resources and optional professional learning to support implementation and instructional coherence.
Districts often purchase separate tools for fluency, intervention, enrichment, STEAM learning, and professional development. Tile Farm Academy is designed to support these priorities within a single, coherent platform, helping districts streamline tools while maintaining instructional flexibility.