Engage students in learning mathematics while cultivating a sense of belonging. This helpful guide for secondary mathematics teachers shows you how to shape equitable classrooms by evaluating beliefs and practices that keep students and teachers stuck. Research-backed strategies and personal stories illustrate effective ways to resolve unproductive power dynamics, promote emotional literacy, and create a classroom environment conducive to optimal learning. This book will help secondary mathematics teachers: Develop strategies to discern the reasons students are struggling with mathematics Learn sustainable methods for perceiving unasked questions and target solutions focused on underlying needs Navigate challenging classroom behavior Cultivate a supportive classroom environment and reframe zero-sum interactions with students Evaluate traditional grading and assessments and reform current practices to align with research-based best practice and students' best interests Contents: Introduction: Teacher, Where You From? Part 1: What Our Students Say to Us Chapter 1: I Don't Have a Pencil Chapter 2: When Am I Ever Going to Use This? Chapter 3: Not Today, Ms. Lenhardt Chapter 4: I'm Always in Trouble! Chapter 5: I'm Not a Math Person Part 2: What We Say to One Another Chapter 6: I Don't Give Grades; My Students Earn Them Chapter 7: If Only Students Knew Their Facts Chapter 8: I Have 250 Students Every Semester. I Can't Possibly . . . Epilogue Appendix A: Research Influences Appendix B: Sources for Mathematics Tasks, Lessons, and Professional Learning References and Resources Index