If you care about how students learn math,
you belong here.

We partner with people across research and practice — from early-career scholars to districts and funders. Bring a formed proposal or an early curiosity; we'll help find the right path.

Our partners include
  • Graduate students and postdocs
  • Teachers, schools, and districts
  • Principal investigators (PIs) and research teams
  • Independent evaluation organizations
  • Philanthropic and grant-funded initiatives
  • MathEd and EdTech organizations
  • Research consortia and improvement networks

Where we
work together

We collaborate through structured pathways that match your goals — from single-study data access to multi-year research-practice partnerships.

Data Access & Analysis

Utilize existing implementation and outcome datasets to answer critical research and practice inquiries with MIND's scale of data.

Co-designed Studies

Design and execute pilots, quasi-experiments, or randomized trials with shared implementation responsibilities and joint authorship.

Tooling & Measurement

Develop dashboards, analytics pipelines, and new indicators — productive struggle metrics, early-warning systems, and learning trajectories.

Equity-focused Research

Investigate culturally responsive implementation, access gaps, and opportunity disparities to inform more equitable math learning practices.

Research-Practice Partnerships

Ongoing collaborations connecting research questions to implementation decisions, improvement cycles, and district capacity building.

Dissemination & Knowledge Building

Conference presentations, practitioner briefs, webinars, and coauthored peer-reviewed publications aligned with your dissemination needs.

From curiosity
to publication

A collaborative process designed to maintain scientific rigor while minimizing administrative friction. Each step is tailored to the project.

Looking for inspiration?

Browse example research questions
1
Reach Out

Send a brief description of what you'd like to do and what support you need.

Discussion Topics

RoleResearch questionSettingNeeds (data, co-design, tooling)TimelineFunding / IRB status

2
Align on Scope

Short conversation to confirm feasibility and shared goals; outline design, measures, and responsibilities.

Discussion Topics

HypothesesDesign ideasParticipant / site constraintsOutcomes of interest

3
Agreements

Put needed legal and research agreements in place.

Discussion Topics

Non-disclosure agreements (NDA)Data use agreement (DUA) / Data sharing agreement (DSA)Collaboration / Statement of work (SOW)IRB coordination

4
Plan the Work

Define study plan, data needs, tooling, and implementation expectations.

Discussion Topics

Data security planMeasuresInstrumentation / loggingFidelity expectations

5
Implement

Launch, monitor, and iterate on procedures; secure transfer and storage of shared data.

Discussion Topics

Rollout calendarMonitoring cadenceSurvey / assessment plan

6
Analyze

Collaborate on analysis plans and interpretation (quantitative and/or qualitative).

Discussion Topics

Pre-registration (if relevant)Statistical planCoding framework for qualitative work

7
Disseminate

Share findings credibly and usefully: papers, reports, briefs, presentations, and open materials.

Discussion Topics

Authorship planVenuesPractitioner-facing outputsData-sharing constraints

Let's ask better questions,
together.

Whether you have a fully formed research proposal or just a curiosity to explore, we want to hear from you.