Stop Trying to Make Your Kid Love Math | Math Academy

Your kid doesn't need to love math. They need to stop being taught wrong. Jason Roberts coached a 4th-grade math team at a public school. By 7th grade, those kids were doing calculus - 6 years ahead of schedule. His teaching philosophy comes down to one question: how did you teach your kid to tie their shoes? Jason Roberts and Justin Skycak (Math Academy) break down why lectures fail, how spaced repetition prevents forgetting, and what adaptive math learning actually looks like under the hood. Read the full blog post: https://opened.co/blog/math-academy-r... GUESTS Jason Roberts - Co-Founder, Math Academy Justin Skycak - Director of Analytics, Math Academy Website: https://mathacademy.com @exojason on X @justinskycak on X @_MathAcademy_ on X CHAPTERS 00:00 - Introduction 01:10 - How 4th graders learned calculus 03:50 - "But my kid isn't gifted" 05:20 - Three kids, three math profiles 08:01 - The prerequisites problem 10:32 - Interleaving vs unit-by-unit learning 13:42 - The shoe-tying theory of math 16:41 - Why math became a lecture 20:08 - Ela's personal math story 21:54 - The knowledge frontier 27:43 - How to get kids to care about math 31:17 - How Math Academy works 38:45 - Efficiency as the universal value 40:49 - Sub-skill tracking explained 46:04 - Does Math Academy replace curriculum? 49:10 - Minimum effective doses of instruction 52:37 - Where does the humanity come in? 55:17 - What needs to change in schools? 56:47 - 10-year vision for math education 📬 Get daily homeschool insights + free guide: 110+ Most Popular Homeschool Curricula (And How to Get Them At No Cost) → https://opened.co/resources Subscribe for weekly videos on designing education around your child—not the other way around:    / @openedhq   --- Connect: Instagram:   / openedhq   LinkedIn:   / openedhq