Math Academy
Episodes
#8, Part 2 – Failure Modes in Teaching
28 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What we covered:– In elementary school, there's often an intense focus on conceptual understanding, but not enough time spent building real flue...
#8, Part 1 – Role of Teachers in the Math Academy Classroom
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What we covered:– A lot of schools have recently begun using Math Academy in their classrooms. And one of the biggest benefits of using Math Academy...
#7, Part 2 – Earning the Right to Scale
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
0:00 - Introduction2:18 - Building infrastructure to handle increasing load3:41 - Bringing on AWS expertise to robustify the backend4:22 - An overload...
#7, Part 1 – 2025 in Review: Content Production
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
0:00 - Introduction3:57 - Added 115 “Missing Middle” topics to SAT Prep.6:06 - Integrating the SAT Missing Middle topics into other courses9:42 - ...
#6, Part 3 – Learning Debt and Skill Insolvency
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
0:00 - Introduction2:04 - Course phases: instruction, final review, final exam, remediation if needed5:25 - Generating full-length SAT exams for our p...
#6, Part 2 – On The Rails and Out Of Scope
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What we covered:– The benefits of short problems. Math Academy problems typically take only a minute or two. This way, students can stay on the rail...
#6, Part 1 – Why Can’t College Students Do Middle School Math?
03 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What we covered:– A recent report from the University of California San Diego revealed that 1 in 12 incoming freshmen were not proficient in middle ...
#5, Part 2 – Getting Kids To Do Hard Things
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What we covered:– Most kids are not intrinsically motivated to do the hard things: practice their soccer drills, do their math homework, eat their b...
#5, Part 1 – Building Without Bloat
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What we covered:– Any successful endeavor requires a great team: capable people, who like and trust each other, and have complementary skillsets and...
#4, Part 2 – Knowledge Graph Engineering: Mental Models & War Stories
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What we covered:– Building a knowledge graph is like city planning & road construction. Too many prerequisites leading into a single topic creat...
#4, Part 1 – The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Knowledge Graph
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
00:00 - Intro: "problem solving" is what you call it when you don't really know what it is (i.e. you haven't explicitly enumerated t...
#3 – Waging War on Mediocrity: Tales From the Trenches
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
00:00:00 - Intro: Willing Things Into Existence00:11:43 - How Jason & Sandy Willed Math Academy Into Existence00:36:45 - Fighting The Gravity of M...
#2 – Teach Like Your Life Depends On It
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
0:00 - What Would a Tutor Do, If Their Life Depended On It? (Part 1)5:47 - Find Your North Star: Why Justin Quit His Data Science Job to do Math Tutor...
#1 – The Long Game: Building Minds and Machines
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
0:00 - Introduction4:00 - Applying the MA Way to X Growth7:40 - Status of the ML Course and its Kick-Ass Coding Projects (Part 1)25:50 - Jason's Near-...