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Solution Spaces supports Massachusetts DESE
Pilot Teams and
Advanced Learners

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Through a collaborative partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Adrienne Baytops Paul and Dr. Joy Lawson Davis of Solution Spaces are helping educators reimagine how advanced learners experience academic instruction.

Their professional learning focuses on broadening conceptions of giftedness, elevating student voice through the BR.I.D.G.E.™ Framework, and equipping teachers with research-based strategies such as curriculum compacting, rich mathematical discourse, and visual-spatial learning opportunities.

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Meet Adrienne Baytops Paul

I started Solution Spaces to remind teachers to celebrate when students engage in behaviors that lead them to solutions, rather than focus on the value of solutions alone.

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Educational Services

Professional Learning

Solution Spaces founder Adrienne Baytops Paul speaking at FCTM's Annual Conference about her Building Thinking Classrooms work.

Instructional Routines & Implementation Support

Solution Spaces founder Adrienne Baytops Paul speaking about student voice in the math classroom at the BLACK MALE EDUCATOR CONVENING.

Virtual Coaching

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News & Updates

Honoree as an Influential Woman, "bold, brilliant, and unstoppable."

Influential Women Honoree

Honored to be recognized by Influential Women as "bold, brilliant, and unstoppable" at this point of my career. I extend gratitude to those of you who've spoken kind words of encouragement, truth, and love to and for me at just the right moments. Hyped to be doing the work I do and thrilled to continue to learn and get better so I can help others do the same.

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Detracking with BTC series: Three Suggestions for Self-Support to Guide You Toward Success, Part 1

In this final series of BTC posts, I offer guidance I gleaned during the course of our BTC implementation. Arming yourself with BTC knowledge supports a more competent level of implementation. In July 2022, I was on a Building Thinking Classrooms math conference tour! I spoke about our implementation at four different conferences, I wrote about it, and I was on a webinar. My presentation was one of the nation's earlier Thinking Classrooms sessions on the conference circuit at

Pictured is part of the Communication, Collaboration, and Learner Traits rubric we assigned our students to self-assess during and after we completed a unit of study.

Detracking with Building Thinking Classrooms series: Grades that Measured What We Valued

Operating from an asset-based lens caused us to identify and value ways to measure student learning and understanding, rather than focus on their temporary misconceptions.

“Adrienne was GREAT. [She was] very welcoming and pushing thinking for those in the room who have not been as experienced talking about these thoughts."

Educator,

Boston Prep Charter Public School

Percentage of participants who agree or strongly agree that Solution Spaces provides professional learning that is well-facilitated and provides actionable ideas and strategies.

96

"Activities [Adrienne] discussed and examples given were student-centered and will increase student engagement in the classroom."

Participant,

Impact Florida Summit

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Solution Spaces is the ultimate destination for math merch with a message of inclusivity and access through student voice.

This exclusive collection of stylish and practical apparel and merchandise is designed to celebrate the diverse ways students and teachers experience math.

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learning math is about more than getting a right answer.

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Empowering Educators. Amplifying Student Voice.
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