Math Playground, National Flagway Tournament Events Invite Cambridge Families to Experience the Joy in Math on May 16
Posted by Young PeoplesProject May 07, 2026 10:14 AM
The Young People’s Project (YPP), in partnership with the Cambridge STEAM Initiative and Cambridge Public Schools, invite Cambridge students, families, educators, and community partners to the 10th annual National Flagway Tournament and Math Playground on Saturday, May 16 from 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the MIT Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center, 120 Vassar St.
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Critical Issues in Mathematics Education 2026: Mathematics Literacy for 21st-Century Citizenship - Part II
Posted by The Young People's Project April 28, 2026 12:57 PM
Building on the vision Bob Moses set out in the 1993 Algebra Initiative Colloquium, the 2025 Critical Issues in Mathematics Education (CIME) Workshop celebrated the legacy of Moses’ call for a mathematics literacy that supports citizenship in the 21st century.
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2025 Annual Report
Posted by The Young People's Project December 28, 2025 02:10 PM
2025 Annual Report
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The Young People’s Project Joins Forces with Illustrative Mathematics® to Empower Student Math Leaders Nationwide
Posted by The Young People's Project December 04, 2025 01:17 PM
YPP becomes an IM Certified® partner, integrating its near-peer math literacy model with IM’s high-quality curriculum to benefit students, educators, and communities across the country.
Cambridge, MA — Thursday December 4, 2025 — The Young People’s Project (YPP) today announced a new partnership with Illustrative Mathematics (IM) that will bring YPP’s unique, student-led approach to math learning into classrooms and communities nationwide. YPP has been selected as an IM Certified pPartner, a designation granted to organizations that meet IM’s rigorous standards for quality and mission alignment. This certification means YPP can combine its proven near-peer mentorship model with IM’s renowned K–12 math curriculum, amplifying the impact on students and educators and marking a significant milestone in YPP’s mission to engage young people furthest from opportunity in efforts to increase math literacy for all.
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YPP hosts its 9th Annual National Flagway Tournament at the University of San Francisco
Posted by The Young People's Project June 02, 2025 12:51 PM
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Kildare school hosts inaugural Flagway Ireland tournament
Posted by The Young People's Project May 23, 2025 08:15 AM
When TY students from seven schools in the country were busy running around the gymnasium in Kildare Town Community School recently, uninformed onlookers would have been forgiven puzzlement. Coloured strips marked on the floor bore no relation to any of the traditional games like basketball or badminton.
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Summer 2024 Highlights!
Posted by Chad Milner September 30, 2024 12:24 PM
Happy Summer 2024! We hope that you are enjoying your time this season. As we near the end of the season, please take a look at what we have been up to!
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Near Peer Pedagogies for Culturally Sustaining Computer Science and Mathematics
Posted by Cliff Freeman September 19, 2023 11:52 AM
Journal of Computer Science Integration, Volume: 6 Issue: 1
Authors: Cliff Freeman, Eli Tucker-Raymond, Juan Gutierrez
In this study, College STEM Literacy Workers act as co-teachers in 9th and 10th grade classrooms alongside mathematics teachers as they both learn to integrate a 30-hour integrated computer science/mathematics curriculum. As part of the curriculum for educator learning, we adapted the Algebra Project’s “Model of Excellence” for culturally relevant-sustaining pedagogies.
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YPP Heads Back To School!
Posted by The Young People's Project September 05, 2023 08:44 AM
As our summer comes to a close, hear how YPP's Summer Math and Computational Thinking Labs have helped to prepare the Math Literacy Workers in Cambridge for a stellar 2023-24 School Year!
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7th Annual National Flagway Tournament!
Posted by The Young People's Project May 22, 2023 08:00 AM
The Young People's Project would like to send a special thank you to all the teams, coaches, team coordinators, volunteers, partners, staff, parents, teachers, schools, spectators, visitors, and donors who helped to make this year’s 7th Annual National Flagway Tournament a success!
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