Speaker will offer problem solving strategies applied to real world problems. She will share techniques to advance Title I students’ mathematical thinking, reasoning, conceptual understanding, and skills. She will offer research-based strategies and practical ideas that she has used successfully with Title I students, including ELL populations. She will model effective questioning strategies as ways to develop students’ mathematics discourse and visible thinking and increase conceptual understanding. She will offer differentiation strategies, including implementation of blended learning formats, maximizing use of adaptive learning technology and flexible grouping. Speaker will demonstrate the effectiveness of using real world problems to engage students and make mathematics relevant. She will offer strategies and ideas to help every Grade 4-12 student succeed in mathematics to close the achievement gap and increase student achievement, engagement, and self-confidence.