TEACHING TEACHERS: As head of school at Meridian Academy in Brookline, Joshua Abrams  advocates teaching students how to apply mathematical skills in answering real-world questions. Now his math curriculum is being recognized and studied in Asia.

Abrams, a math, science, and technology teacher who founded the independent school for grades 6-12 in 2005, recently spent a week in Ban­dung, Indonesia, where he presented “Promoting Best Practices in the Teaching of Mathematical Modeling” to edu­ca-tional leaders at a conference sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.