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School Days: Math is a Life Skill.

Juandolyn Stokes of On Point with Juandolyn Stokes and Kendria Ogelsby (Miss O) is the Founder of The Math U, a math program for school-age children discuss... MATH

Juandolyn Stokes of On Point with Juandolyn Stokes and Kendria Ogelsby (Miss O) is the Founder of The Math U, a math program for school-age children discuss... MATH
Juandolyn Stokes of On Point with Juandolyn Stokes and Kendria Ogelsby (Miss O) is the Founder of The Math U, a math program for school-age children discuss... MATH
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Recently Juandolyn Stokes and Miss O, who is a math teacher is Nashville, TN discuss math. She shares with Stokes that Black Kids love math.

Miss O says She founded the program because she was tired of college students having to change their majors because they could not handle the math in science-based majors. She recalls how she felt she could have become a doctor despite her math weakness had she attended an HBCU instead of PWI (predominantly white institution), where she could have been nurtured instead of discouraged.


Miss O says math is a life skill and civil right. She tells Stokes Black Kids deserve to have high quality math teachers. Parents who struggle to help their students with math can benefit from The Math U

Listen to the full interview below.

On Point with Juandolyn Stokes can be heard Mon - Fri from 10  a.m. - 1 p.m. Listen through News & Talk 1380-WAOK, V-103FM (HD3) www.WAOK.com or download the Audacy App from www.Audacy.com.

Juandolyn Stokes of On Point with Juandolyn Stokes and Kendria Ogelsby (Miss O) is the Founder of The Math U, a math program for school-age children discuss... MATH