Danielle Robinson desperately wants to help math teachers, but it’s a tough job.
An instructional coach for K-5 math teachers in Milwaukee Public Schools in Wisconsin, Robinson can find herself zipping around several of the schools she works with in the city to assist teachers, give workshops or try to help vice principals grasp the nuances of math instruction. “They are more used to dealing with discipline,” Robinson says of the vice principals. “So I feel like I have to apologize: ‘Sorry, I’m talking to you about math.’”
