Bring Tile Farm Academy to Your School in 2026–27
Tile Farm Academy is a simple 5–10 minute daily math routine that helps students build number sense, fact fluency, flexible thinking, problem-solving skills, confidence, and a genuine love of math. If you are interested in…
Tile Farm Presents at New Mexico State Capitol with NMUDL Educators
On Friday, March 6, team members from Tile Farm participated in an event at the New Mexico State Capitol hosted by the New Mexico Universal Design for Learning (NMUDL) initiative. NMUDL works to build educator…
Tile Farm at NCTM 2026 in Indianapolis
The NCTM Spring Conference 2026 is coming to Indianapolis this February 11–13, bringing together math educators from across the country to share classroom strategies, practical routines, and engaging approaches to teaching and learning mathematics. Tile…
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…
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…
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…
A Visit to a STEAM Lab: When Math, Art, and Joy Converge
This week I visited a Title I elementary school in the Southwest where STEAM Lab teacher Ms. Bell invited me to work with her 4th- and 5th-grade classes and walk her through our new Tile…
Apply to Become a Tile Farm Teacher Fellow
We’re excited to introduce the Spring 2026 Tile Farm Teacher Fellowship, a new initiative for K-12 educators who want to bring more joy, creativity, and beauty into math learning.
Unlock the Joy of Creative Thinking With Tile Farm
So many things we love—cooking, architecture, music, film, science, and technology—are deeply rooted at the intersection of art and math. These fields require a blend of deep thinking and boundless creativity. Yet too often in…