PD for the SOUL

About PD for the SOUL

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 clarity, and teach with courage, we make math happen.

Publisher

Laneshia Boone

Category

education · education · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Jan 2025

Latest episode

1 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

55 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Mar 2026

   Modeling Math: What is a Function

   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. In this episode, we trace the vertical development of functional thinking from 6th grade ratio reasoning to 7th grade proportional relationships and into 8th grade functions. You’ll hear how unit rates and the constant of proportionality evolve into slope, and why understanding how two quantities vary in tandem is the foun...

2. 

   22 Feb 2026

   Connecting Math: Where Relationships Meet Functions

   How proportional reasoning prepares students for modeling Over the past three months, we’ve built something intentional. Geometry helped students see structure. Number systems helped them understand magnitude. Ratios helped them recognize relationships. In this episode, we bring it all together. Proportional reasoning is not the end goal. It’s the bridge. Before students ever graph a line or write an equation, they must see patterns in how quantities vary together. We explore how ratio thinki...

3. 

   15 Feb 2026

   Connecting Math: Making Proportional Reasoning Visible

   Rates, Tables, Tape Diagrams, and the Coordinate Plane Ratios are relationships. But proportional reasoning is what happens when students learn to use those relationships to solve problems. In this episode, we move from identifying ratios to reasoning with them. You’ll explore how tape diagrams, ratio tables, double number lines, and the coordinate plane make proportional relationships visible before formulas ever appear. Geometry shows up through alignment, iteration, and scaling. Number sen...

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

7,863

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

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Quality

63

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

51

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