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Make Math Happen (formerly known as PD for the SOUL) is the podcast for educators ready to move with intention and teach with impact. Hosted by math coach and equity-focused educator Laneshia Boone, each episode bridges practice and purpose to help you design instruction that centers students , builds capacity , and makes learning stick —especially for those pushed to the margins. Every week, you’ll get strategies that work in real classrooms, grounded reflections that challenge the status quo, and conversations with educators who are making bold moves in math education. From planning with purpose to using charts that anchor learning, from building strong routines to disrupting expired rules, this podcast is where meaningful math instruction comes to life. You’ll walk away with ready-to-use tools, fresh insight, and the confidence to make every lesson count. Because when we move with care, plan with
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Signup to Generate a PitchMake Math Happen (formerly known as PD for the SOUL) is the podcast for educators ready to move with intention and teach with impact. Hosted by math coach and equity-focused educator Laneshia Boone, each episode bridges practice and purpose to help you design instruction that centers students, builds capacity, and makes learning stick, especially for those pushed to the margins.
Make Math Happen is hosted by Laneshia Boone. The show has published 55 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Modeling Math: What is a Function" (1 March 2026, 12 minutes), "Connecting Math: Where Relationships Meet Functions" (22 February 2026, 12 minutes), and "Connecting Math: Making Proportional Reasoning Visible" (15 February 2026, 20 minutes).
Make Math Happen publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 16 minutes across 55 episodes.
Booking probability for Make Math Happen is 23%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Make Math Happen requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Make Math Happen's contact route on record: public web form.
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Laneshia Boone hosts Make Math Happen, an education podcast with 55 episodes published.
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Episode #13
<p>Linear functions are major work in middle school mathematics, but before students can graph slope or write equations, they must understand what a function truly represents.</p><p>In this episode, we trace the...
Episode #12
<p><b>How proportional reasoning prepares students for modeling</b></p><p>Over the past three months, we’ve built something intentional.</p><p>Geometry helped students see structure.<br/>Number systems helped them...
Episode #11
<p><b>Rates, Tables, Tape Diagrams, and the Coordinate Plane</b></p><p>Ratios are relationships. But proportional reasoning is what happens when students learn to use those relationships to solve problems.</p><p>In this...
Episode #10
<p>Before students can work flexibly with ratios, they must be able to answer a more fundamental question: What exactly are we comparing, and why?</p><p>In this episode, we zoom in on the core comparison structures that...
Episode #9
<p><b>Why ratios are about how quantities move together</b></p><p>This episode launches our Connecting Math series by reframing ratios as relationships rather than calculations. Instead of treating ratios as fractions...
Episode #8
<p><b>How strong number reasoning prepares students for ratios and algebra</b></p><p>Throughout January, we’ve explored rational numbers, negative numbers, distance, value, fractions, decimals, and division. On the...
Episode #7
<p><b>Building understanding instead of teaching tricks</b></p><p>Many students reach middle school able to perform fraction and decimal procedures without truly understanding what those numbers represent. In this...
Episode #6
<p><b>Strategies that clarify the number line for every learner</b></p><p>Negative numbers are often taught through rules that don’t stick. In this episode, we return to meaning.</p><p>We explore how students have been...
Episode #5
<p>When students struggle with fractions, decimals, and integers, it’s often assumed they’re missing skills. In reality, they’re missing understanding.</p><p>This episode opens our Understanding Math series by focusing...
Episode #4
<p>This episode closes our geometry focus by showing how similarity and scale serve as the bridge into ratios, proportions, and later functions. We explore what makes figures similar, how scale factor represents a...
Episode #3
<p>This episode continues our Season 4 focus on making connections across mathematical domains and across grade levels. My goal over the coming months is to spark deeper conversations about instruction, sequencing, and...
Episode #2
<p><b>Helping students make sense of transformations and symmetry</b></p><p>Geometry becomes powerful when students can see how shapes move, change, and relate. In this episode, we explore angles, lines, and the three...
Episode #1
<p>Spatial reasoning is the heartbeat of middle school mathematics. In this episode, we explore how seeing patterns, shapes, movement, and structure primes students for success across every domain they’ll encounter this...
Episode #14
<p>This special episode closes out the month and reflects on the entire journey of this podcast. Four years ago, this show launched as PD for the Soul with a simple mission: to give teachers bite-sized, meaningful...
Episode #13
<p>The last five minutes of class might be the most powerful. In this final episode of the instructional framework series, Laneshia breaks down the <b>Closure</b> portion of the lesson: the moment where big ideas get...
Episode #12
<p>Last week, we broke down the Instruct phase — how to plan lessons like a chef curating a recipe, balancing tasks, facilitation, and engagement to make learning stick.</p><p>This week, I’m serving up the next course...
Episode #11
<p>Every strong math lesson has a recipe — the right balance of <b>tasks, facilitation, and engagement</b> that brings learning to life.</p><p>In this episode, Laneshia walks you through the Instruct portion of the...
Episode #10
<p>Before you ever step into a lesson, your planning determines how far students can go. In this episode, Laneshia breaks down what it means to <b>zoom out to zoom in</b>—strategically mapping upcoming units...
Episode #9
<p>Before students ever dive into a new concept, the Activate portion of your lesson determines whether they’re truly ready to think. In this episode, Laneshia models what an intentional Activate sounds like—from...
Episode #8
<p>Six weeks into the school year, the cracks start to show — the fatigue, the frustration, and the quiet slide into low expectations. In this episode of Make Math Happen, Laneshia gets real about the dangerous drift...
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