First off, thank you to everyone who voted for Public Math Postcards for the People’s Choice Award! We (literally) could not have done this without you. Here is a screenshot of a suited Christopher that shows how genuinely surprised we were to win this award.
Speaking as a math teacher, this award feels significant. Math education is creative and complex work, but it rarely gets acknowledged as such. From the outside, decisions like “how should I phrase this question?” or “how should I arrange the seats?” are considered mundane and simple teacher tasks, but from the inside, educators know that these are the sorts of decisions that contribute to our craft.
So winning an award in a field of talented designers is a win for math educators everywhere. I hope our Postcards project shines a light on the genius that math educators are doing every day. Thank you again for all your support.
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Chris Nho is a high school math teacher and Creative Director at Public Math.