Social Justice Mathematics Resources for K-12 Educators

SJM Books with Lessons and Templates 

• High School Mathematics Lessons to Explore, Understand, and Respond to Social Injustice book
• Middle School Mathematics and Science Lessons to Explore, Understand, and Respond to Social Injustice book
• Upper Elementary Mathematics Lessons to Explore, Understand, and Respond to Social Injustice book
• Early Elementary Mathematics Lessons to Explore, Understand, and Respond to Social Injustice book
• Rethinking Mathematics book

Web Resources or Single Lessons in Books or Periodicals

• Social Justice Math lessons from Dr. Frances Harper’s site 
• Radical Math 
• Rethinking Schools Social Justice Math Lessons 
• Creating Balance in an Unjust World Conference on STEAMM Education and Social Justice lessons
• BLM at School Curricular Resources [Curated by Dr. Chris Rogers. Click on lesson plans to see math and science.] 
• Mathematical Queeries, a searchable database of LGBTQ+ culturally responsive mathematics tasks by Dr. B. Waid 
• Engaging Teachers in the Powerful Combination of Mathematical Modeling and Social Justice: The Flint Water Task By Drs. Julia M. Aguirre, Cynthia O. Anhalt, Ricardo Cortez, Erin E. Turner, and Ksenija Simic-Muller
• Midway Suspensions: "He was suspended for being Mexican" lesson in the Impact of Identity in K-8 Mathematics by Drs. Julia Aguirre, Karen Mayfield-Ingram, and Danny Martin book
• Water Quality Investigation Project by Dr. Kari Kokka (email me for this project kari.kokka@unlv.edu)  
• School Diversity 6th grade math lesson by Kevin Nguyen
• Electoral College social justice math lesson by Charles Snyder 
• Algebra 2 units from @benjamindickman as informed by Learning for Justice’s Social Justice Standards

College Level Resources 

• Algebra for Equity and Justice by Dr. Nathan Alexander 
• Mathematics for Social Justice: Resources for the College Classroom book Edited by Dr. Gizem Karaali and Dr. Lily S. Khadjavi [thank you Dr. Gizem Karaali and Dr. Lily Khadjavi]
• Math for the People college level lessons
• Data Science for Social Impact in Higher Education:  First Steps Playbook
• Hello Black World
  

• Modern Day Redlining Website and related article [Thank you Julie Roos]
• Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal America [Thank you Lucas Mellinger and Katrina Mancuso]
• EdGap visualization of average high-school SAT and ACT scores 
• CA school funding: striving for equity in an uneven landscape [Thank you Taica Hsu]
• NYT Teach Inequality with these 28 NYT Graphs [Thank you Isabel Crain]
• NYT What’s going on in this graph? 
• Over 60 NYT Graphs for students to analyze 
• YouCubed Data Science Lessons [Thank you Mandy Decker]
• Earthtime by CMU's Create Lab
• 100 People A World Portrait

• Cody (2019) Designing a Social Justice Lesson Template
• Access, Agency, and Allies in Mathematical Systems Antiracist Tool
• Liberatory Design Cards 
• A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction | Dismantling Racism in Mathematics Instruction | Exercises for educators to reflect on their own biases to transform instructional practice  www.equitablemath.org 
• Racism in Mathematics Education by Nth Education Partners

•  Math and Social Justice: A Collaborative MTBoS Site
• Antiracist Mathematics Education Resource List 
• NCTM Social Justice and Equity Resources
• Dr. Robert Berry’s Social Justice Mathematics Resource Padlet
  American Statistical Association Resources for K-12 educators
• Dr. Julia Aguirre's 2023-2024 Math Education and Equity Resource List (Brief) [Thank you Dr. Aguirre!]

• TODOS webinars and podcasts
• TODOS journal Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics (TEEM) [Thank you Dr. Nicole Fletcher]
• TEEM Special Issue on Anti-Racism in Mathematics Education part 1 Education [Thank you Dr. Nicole Fletcher]
• Teaching, Learning, and Loving Mathematics blog by Dr. Maria Zavala
• Woke Math Ethnic Studies Math blog by Shraddha Shirude
• What’s in a name, Absolute Value Algebraic Identity by Dr. Benjamin Dickman [Thank you Dr. Nicole Fletcher]
• The Queer Mathematics Teacher by Dr. B. Waid [Thank you Dr. Nicole Fletcher]
• "Rehumanizing Mathematics: A Vision for the Future" talk by Rochelle Gutiérrez [Thank you Dr. Nicole Fletcher]
• Rehumanizing mathematics for Black, Indigenous, and Latinx students book edited by Drs. Imani Goffney, Rochelle Gutiérrez
• Radical Equations book by Bob Moses and Charles Cobb 
• Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice Conversations with Educators Edited by Drs. Anita A. Wager and David W. Stinson
• Reading and Writing the World in Mathematics: Toward a Pedagogy for Social Justice book by Dr. Eric (Rico) Gutstein
• Reflecting the World: A Guide to Incorporating Equity in Mathematics Teacher Education book by Drs. Felton-Koestler, Simic-Muller, & Menéndez [thank you Dr. Matt Felton-Koestler]
• Bank Street Occasional Paper Series Critical Mathematical Inquiry [thank you Dr. Steven Greenstein]
• Weapons of Math Destruction by Dr. Cathy O’Neill
• Multiplication is for White People book by Dr. Lisa Delpit 
• Building Mathematics Learning Communities: Improving Outcomes in Urban High Schools book by Dr. Erica Walker [Thank you Dr. Nicole Fletcher]
• Disrupting Injustice: Navigating Critical Moments in the Classroom book by Dr. Lateefah Id-Deen and Esther Song
• Radical Math Talk Podcast with Kwame Sarfo-Mensah
• Abolition Science Radio Podcast @abolition_sci

• Creating Balance in an Unjust World Conference on STEAMM Education and Social Justice @cbuwconference 
• Radical STEMM Educators of the Bay Area @RadicalSTEMMEd
• Nth Education Partners (formerly Nepantla Teachers Community)
• Algebra Project 
• Young People’s Project
• TODOS Mathematics for All
• Benjamin Banneker Association [thank you Dr. Shelley Jones]
• Lathisms Latinxs and Hispanics in Mathematics and Science [thank you Dr. Mandy Ruiz]
• Mathematically Gifted and Black [thank you Dr. Mandy Ruiz]
• Indigenous Mathematicians
• National Association of Mathematicians [thank you Dr. Jamylle Carter]
• Data for Black Lives 
• Racial Justice in Early Math | Erikson Institute Early Math Collaborative