by Citizen Stewart

Have you ever seen kids so excited about their math skills that they jump around in excitement?

Me neither.

Sounds like a far off premise, but that’s just how pumped students at Mississippi’s J.E. Johnson Elementary are when they play “fact dash,” a rapid fire game meant to keep them engaged in learning.

By looks of this video is seems that gamifying math is working for them.

Chris Stewart is the Chief Executive Officer of Education Post, a media project of the Results in Education Foundation. He is a lifelong activist and 20-year supporter of nonprofit and education-related causes. Stewart has served as the director of outreach and external affairs for Education Post, the executive director of the African American Leadership Forum (AALF), and an elected member of the Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education.

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