Tykeena Watson is a 2021-2022 Teach Plus Arkansas Senior Policy Fellow who teaches 8th grade Algebra at KIPP Delta Preparatory School in Helena. Tykeena has worked on research around how varying curriculums and implementations affect learning gains and understanding the issues in lower socio-economic areas that contribute to the educational gap in mathematics. A founding member of Helena-West Helena’s Racial Equity Task Force, Tykeena is also an Aspen Young Leaders Fellow (Delta Cohort 2) and Noyce Fellow. She received her BA in Mathematics from Fisk University and recently graduated with her MEd in Secondary Education focusing on Mathematics from Vanderbilt University.
