More Math for More People
CPM Educational Program is a non-profit publisher of math textbooks for grades 6-12. As part of its mission, CPM provides a multitude of professional learning opportunities for math educators. The More Math for More People podcast is part of that outreach and mission. Published biweekly, the hosts, Joel Miller and Misty Nikula, discuss the CPM curriculum, trends in math education and share strategies to shift instructional practices to create a more inclusive and student-centered classroom. They also highlight upcoming CPM professional learning opportunities and have conversations with math educators about how they do what they do. We hope that you find the podcast informative, engaging and fun. Intro music credit: JuliusH from pixabay.com.
More Math for More People
Latest Episodes
Episode 5.21: National Gardening Day and All About ABP!
National Gardening Day starts with a surprisingly honest question: do you like gardening, or do you like having a garden? From urban farming stats to blueberry bushes that take care of themselves, we warm up with the kind of curious, low-stakes...
Episode 5.20: Crayons and a Site-Based Leadership Book Study!
It's National Crayon Day! What are your favorite or least favorite memories about crayons? Do you still like to use crayons today? :winkThen we talk with Jeremiah Morgan about the Site-Based Leadership (SBL) Program and their upcoming bo...
Episode 5.19 - Conversación con Rafael and Join Them on Their Journey Updates!
This episode opens with a lighthearted discussion about National 3D Day, where we joke about three-dimensional experiences like 3D movies, printing, and art. Then we have another installment of Conversaciónes con Rafael. Together we...
Episode 5.18: 3, 2, 1, Ignite!
On this episode we share the Ignite talks from the 2026 CPM Teacher Conference. The room buzzed with that end-of-day, can’t-stop-thinking energy as teachers took the Ignite stage and proved how five-minute stories can shift an entir...
Episode 5.17: We missed a week so this one is SUPER SIZED!!!
We missed an episode - lots of "life" happening for Joel and Misty... So we're catching up with this week's episode!Ever feel like numbers aren’t telling the whole story of your classroom? We dig into a simple but powerful shift: using e...