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 exploring a possible pilot for…
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 capacity across the state by…
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 Farm will be hosting two…
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…
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 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…
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 Farm Academy dashboard. I do…
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.
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 school, math and art are…