Superintendents are held accountable for math outcomes while having limited control over what happens inside the classroom. As CEOs of the district, when students are confused or disengaged, the burden falls on them to fix a system that isn’t giving the children what they need.
TBDG develops tactile STEM kits and curriculum aligned workbooks that boost math learning, reduce achievement gaps, and increase engagement, especially for Black and Latino students who have been traditionally underserved in STEM. Our products support improving district wide performance, assisting principals, ensuring equity and access across schools, maintaining compliance and quality, and fostering community engagement.
Teachers and school administrators are working hard, but the tools they have aren’t helping students truly engage or understand. Students are being taught math, but many don’t truly understand it or enjoy it.
Heavy reliance on worksheets and screens makes math feel abstract and disconnected, which leads teachers to re-explain the same concepts, students to disengage or fall behind, and administrators to see low performance despite strong effort. Over time, math becomes something students push through rather than something they’re motivated to participate in. Kids are passing through math class without mastering the basics. Teachers and administrators are working hard, but the tools they have aren’t helping students truly engage or understand.
| Superintendent Concern | How TBDG Aligns |
| Improving district-wide performance | Our Kits are scalable, standards-based intervention tools |
| Supporting principals | Hands-on learning reduces disruptions and increases engagement |
| Equity & access across schools | Our kits provide low-cost, high-impact STEM learning |
| Compliance & quality | Our alignment to NYC and NYSED standards checks the compliance box |
| Community engagement | Our brand resonates with NYC families & communities |
The Black Data Guy brings hands-on math kits into classrooms and works directly with teachers to integrate them into the classroom lessons. Once students begin using our STEM Kits, math becomes visible, tangible, and interactive. More students grasp the lesson the first time, engagement increases, and classrooms can move forward because students have started to develop the ability to automatically recall math facts. Students can see, feel, and touch the math instead of guessing their way through it.