--- title: Jo Boaler | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/author/jo-boaler/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/jo-boaler/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jo Boaler ## Jo Boaler ## Jo Boaler *  Feb 28, 2019 ### [There Is a Better Way to Teach Students with Learning Disabilities](https://time.com/5539300/learning-disabilities-special-education-math-teachers-parents-students/) Scientists now believe that our brains have incredible potential for change [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 5, 2017 ### [Math Class Doesn’t Work. Here’s the Solution](https://time.com/4970465/how-to-improve-math-class/) 'The most freeing comment I give to my Stanford students is this: I am not going to give you a grade... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 29, 2017 ### [The Way We Teach Math Is Holding Women Back](https://time.com/4717463/jo-boaler-women-stem-ivanka-trump-betsy-devos/) A Stanford math professor encourages a different teaching approach Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/jo-boaler/","name":"Jo Boaler"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/jo-boaler/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/jo-boaler/"},"name":"Jo Boaler","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/jo-boaler/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```