Bernice German has worked on improving math achievement for all students since 1989.  Prior to that, she earned an M.A. in Physics and worked as a geophysicist in the oil industry.  She learned about research into how students learn math through graduate courses in math education and assessment.  She taught math in all grades from 5th through junior college, including teaching pre-service teachers.  Her teaching experience included an exclusive private school and an urban school where gang activity was an issue.  Bernice worked for a publishing company and wrote items for state achievement tests.  She developed the Math Whisperer program which brings struggling middle and high school students to grade level efficiently.   Bernice lives in Kennebunk, Maine.