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Your access to the Foundations Masterclass should be arriving in your inbox now. The Foundations Masterclass alone will help bring clarity to how students learn math. The Complete Math Success Program gives you the structure and tools to turn understanding into consistent progress in the classroom.
A Full K-8 Math Curriculum with Research-backed Instruction
With a simple, research-backed system that helps students understand the math instead of memorize steps.
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If we haven’t met before, let me introduce myself. My name is Dr. Jonathan Brendefur, and I’ve spent the last three decades obsessed with one question: “How do children actually learn math?”
Before founding the Developing Mathematical Thinking Institute (DMTI), I spent over 20 years as a professor of Mathematics Education at Boise State University. During that time, I directed more than $18 million in grant-funded research, authored a seven-course graduate program for K-8 math teachers (completed by over 250 educators), and provided professional development to more than 14,000 teachers across the country.
But I didn’t start at that scale.
I started in the classroom. I made the same mistakes thousands of teachers still make today.
I watched students memorize procedures they didn’t understand.
I watched teachers burn themselves out trying to “teach everything” instead of teaching what matters.
I watched districts spend millions on new curriculum cycles… only to see student outcomes stay the same.
For decades, we blamed kids for “not being math people.”
We blamed teachers for not using the curriculum “with fidelity.”
We blamed parents, standards, pacing guides, everyone and everything except the real issue:
The way we’ve taught math for the last 50 years has been fundamentally broken.
And the cost has been enormous.
Teacher confidence has dropped.
Student anxiety has skyrocketed.
And districts are spending more money than ever with no meaningful gain.
I don’t know if you’re a teacher, a parent, or an administrator reading this, but I can promise you one thing:
Kids are not the problem.
Teachers are not the problem.
The system is the problem and systems can be fixed.
In two classrooms with the same curriculum, same pacing, same standards, the one where students understand the math always wins.
Here is a non-exhaustive list of benefits that come from teaching for understanding:
(confidence comes from clarity, not more materials)
(students perform better when they know what the math means)
(anxiety drops when students can make sense of problems)
(you fix misconceptions, not reteach entire units)
(parents can help when their child actually understands)
You get the point.
We want you to use the system we’re about to show you because it’s reliable. It’s predictable. It finally aligns diagnostics, instruction, and intervention under one coherent model instead of treating them like separate programs.
But without a coherent model…
➔ Teachers are forced to guess, students rely on memorization, intervention becomes expensive reteaching, and curriculum changes never fix the real issue.
That’s why so many schools feel stuck.
Most curriculums give you more to teach. The Complete Math Success Program gives you a system that makes teaching clearer. It works through three connected pillars, so students don’t just practice math they understand it.
When diagnosis, instruction, and intervention speak the same visual language, students stop memorizing… and start thinking like mathematicians.
Every unit laid out in order, so you always know what comes next and why.
Watch the lesson taught before you teach it, including how to answer what students ask.
Engaging activities that reinforce core concepts through play and visual models.
Find the gap behind the wrong answer, then teach that instead of reteaching the unit.
Most curriculum systems cost hundreds to thousands per teacher, and require district approval before anyone can access them.
We built The Math Success Program differently.
Not as another product to “sell to districts,”
but as a teacher-first resource that any educator, coach, or small school can start using immediately, without waiting for budget cycles, approvals, or new adoptions.
Math instruction shouldn’t be locked behind expensive contracts.
YES! Show Me How to Teach Math for Understanding
Teachers don’t need another commitment. You don’t need a contract, a district decision, or a big purchase order to get started.
You deserve the chance to explore resources first…
to see your students connect ideas…
to feel more confident walking into class tomorrow.
That’s why the Math Success Program is:
🔓 Month-to-month
💳 Only $21/month
❌ No contract. No obligations. Cancel anytime.
“These kids aren’t just saying math words anymore. They can explain them and show models to back it up.”
“This is it. This is how to teach math.”
“In 14 years, I’ve never seen a company come in and support the children directly. DMTI works with the teachers and the students side by side.”
“It is so fulfilling to send them away with real foundational skills. I’m so happy to be able to teach this way.”
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Here’s what you’re getting instantly when you join
The Complete Math Success Program ($21/month):