Halfway between San Francisco and Palo Alto, you’ll discover a middle school in the heart of the high-tech corridor in Northern California. Walking into Mr. Myers’ classroom, you’ll find a math community of eight middle-schoolers. Not quite the brat pack from a John Hughes flick seeking ways to break out of school, but an eclectic group using their know-how and ingenuity to solve real-life problems using math. Patrick Myers is a special education teacher in a self-contained classroom at Ralston Middle School in Belmont, CA. It’s his fourth year teaching middle school, a veteran considering the nation’s attrition rate is […]
