Thomas Mayfield Jr. has been teaching for 13 years but each set of students presents new challenges.
When he began teaching 5th-grade math at the Leadership Academy at Como Elementary in the Fort Worth ISD, he realized many of his students face a lot more challenges than getting good grades.
Many are worried about what their next meal will be or are dealing with other problems at home, so keeping them engaged and ready to learn was difficult. Until Mayfield figured out a way to marry music and math.
He's this week's KRLD Difference Maker.
