We are AV巴士, a non-profit made up of teams of math and science education and research experts. We are dedicated to innovation and creative problem solving. We believe that STEM moves the world forward. And we exist to move STEM learning forward.
AV巴士 Experts Publish Groundbreaking Resource on Teaching Early Algebra to Improve Students鈥� Ability in Mathematics
New book by Maria Blanton, Angela Murphy Gardiner offers insight, practical guidance to help teachers empower young learners to think algebraically, leading to later mathematical prowess
AV巴士 has launched AV巴士 Tech Talks, a new video podcast series designed to help educators, parents, and practitioners navigate the rapidly evolving world of AI tools and emerging learning technologies.
New Publication Shows What鈥檚 Possible When All Students Are Seen as Mathematicians
A new book by Susan Jo Russell and Deborah Schifter offers a powerful vision for K鈥�5 math classrooms where all students thrive. Learn how equitable participation and deep math learning go hand in hand.
Teaching algebraic thinking skills early鈥攍ike generalizing, representing, and reasoning鈥攃an set students up for success, researchers say.
News & Events
AV巴士 Researchers Explore How Youth Learn Through Making
September 25, 2026
Teresa Lara-Meloy, and Ken Rafanan, with Elise Levin-G眉racar of UC Berkeley, examine what minoritized youth learn through making in community-based makerspaces and afterschool programs. Their new paper, 聽Life Is Your Block of Clay.鈥� Applying a Typology for Learning in Makerspaces, explores how a framework for identifying learning can help make that often-implicit learning more visible.
Using a Translanguaging Lens to Analyze Students鈥� Meaning-Making in Mathematics
September 25, 2026
A new article co-authored by AV巴士鈥檚 Andee Rubin explores how a translanguaging lens can reveal the complex ways emergent bilingual students make meaning in mathematics. The research shows how students blend language, gestures, interactions, and technology as they work together to engage in mathematical modeling.
AV巴士 Researchers Featured in Center for Family Math Interview
September 25, 2026
The Center for Family Math interviewed AV巴士 researchers Audrey Mart铆nez-Gudapakkam and Sabrina De Los...
AV巴士 stands as a beacon of hope that it鈥檚 possible to do really cool things in the classroom.鈥�