Social Justice Data Fair

The culminating math project of eighth grade is producing a Social Justice Data Fair. Students create projects that utilize data to highlight a social justice issue of their choosing. Past topics have included the school to prison pipeline, climate change, mental health and LGBTQ+ youth, standardized testing, and the wage gap. Through the Data Fair, students develop their capacity to use mathematics as a tool in the struggle for justice and solidify their understanding of data as a form of storytelling that can serve as a powerful method for change.