English and computer science at Carleton College might seem like an unlikely combination for middle school math, but the CS side means Meagen thinks in logic, sequences, and variables every day — exactly the reasoning that kicks in when students move from arithmetic into pre-algebra. She scored a 34...

Economics majors spend their days building models out of exactly the kind of math middle schoolers are learning — graphing relationships, manipulating equations, interpreting data — so Mackenzie can show students where skills like proportional reasoning and solving for unknowns actually lead. Her 35...

Having learned core math and science concepts multiple times — first across 14 AP classes, then again through a biochemistry degree at Texas A&M — Gabriel can explain the same idea three different ways until one clicks, which is exactly what middle schoolers need when topics like ratios or basic equ...

The jump from arithmetic to algebraic thinking is one of the biggest conceptual leaps in all of math, and it happens in middle school. John makes that transition concrete — turning abstract ideas like variables and proportional reasoning into problems students can visualize and talk through, buildin...

Growing up in a family of teachers and now finishing a medical residency, Jordan has spent a lifetime watching people learn — and learning how to break complicated ideas into pieces that actually land. That skill translates directly to middle school math, where concepts like ratios, decimal operatio...

The jump from elementary math to middle school math piles on new territory fast: ratios, negative numbers, coordinate graphing, basic geometry. Paul's economics background means he's comfortable translating abstract math into real-world examples — percentages become budgets, rates become speed probl...

The jump from arithmetic to pre-algebraic thinking — working with integers, proportional reasoning, and basic equation solving — is one of the most important transitions in a student's math life. Roozbeh has tutored students from ninth grade all the way down to younger learners and understands how t...

Harsh's biology coursework in the Health Science Scholars program at UT Austin keeps him fluent in the quantitative reasoning — ratios, unit conversions, interpreting data — that middle schoolers are just starting to formalize. His 35 ACT score speaks to the kind of across-the-board mathematical flu...

Every concept in middle school math — fractions, proportions, basic geometry, coordinate graphing — becomes easier when a student can picture it. Alicia's architecture training at MIT gave her an unusual ability to make numerical relationships visual and spatial, turning abstract problems into somet...

Five years of teaching at Austin High School gave Kyle a clear picture of which middle school gaps follow students into high school — and he targets those directly. Whether it's proportional reasoning, integer operations, or setting up equations from word problems, he structures each session around ...