education… For Our Math Education Community 29 Sep 202429 Sep 2024 I just returned from Chicago, where I had privilege to speak at both NCSM and NCTM. It was a beautiful week of learning and connection. I attended some brilliant sessions.…
Uncategorized Featured in EdWeek: “Graphs Are Hard for Students to Digest. Can a ‘Slow Reveal’ Help?” 28 Aug 202330 Aug 2023 Last May, EdWeek journalist Sarah D. Sparks contacted me regarding an upcoming article about data science in K-12 education. I was immensely flattered that she wanted to schedule a time…
#tmwyk Rush Hour Conversations 8 Aug 20227 Aug 2022 The highway was crowded. All four lanes crawled slowly northward, each car taking its turn to move a few precious feet before slowing and stopping. Idling. I must have read…
education Chelsea 25 Jul 202225 Jul 2022 If you walked past my classroom, you could smell it from the doorway. In fact, you could smell it from slightly down the hall, past my students' cubbies, almost to…
education… 100 Posts 20 Jul 202220 Jul 2022 This post is the 100th on my blog! 🎉 With all due respect to any of you beautiful and talented people reading this, I write this blog, first and foremost,…
education Jeni 12 Feb 2022 https://twitter.com/ddmeyer/status/1492240147693326336?s=20&t=U7ocVNde45CfduzletMjjw Dan Meyer tweeted about professional influences. There are any number of people in my life deserving of public tribute -- dozens if not hundreds of amazing educators to which…
education Crime and Punishment: A Tale of Changing Beliefs 26 Jun 202028 Jun 2020 "Man is what he believes."-Anton ChekhovWhat happens when those beliefs are unintentionally racist -- and never examined? This is a story of how I changed a belief I once held…
education… Cultivating Mathematicians… of All Ages 21 Nov 201921 Nov 2019 Original published for @autismplusmath 's Guest Blogger Week at: cake.co/c/kyVnSVj"I mean, you know... I'm not a math teacher," said Jessica*, who teaches Kindergarten. She didn't whisper this confession in an…
education A Tribute to My First School: The End of the Beginning 19 Jun 201928 Jun 2020 Yesterday, my First School closed. It was the school that took a chance on me, where an optimistic principal hired me -- a green, green 21 year old -- to…
education Keeping a Straight Face 9 Aug 201810 Aug 2018 This is my contribution to the Convention of Mathematical Flavors organized by @samjshah2. He put a call out for presenters to ponder the "mathematical flavor" of their classrooms How does your class move…
education We Need to Talk About Crazy Barb, or Throwing Skittles at a Problem 28 May 201824 Jul 2020 A NOTE: While I changed her name and a few minor identifying details, this is essentially a true account. I know it sounds strange -- because it was. This is not…
education Doris 23 Jan 20188 Sep 2020 A student from my first ever fourth grade class -- now in his 20s -- contacted me on Facebook today. He was glad that I remembered him. "u and mrs…
education The New Kid 16 Oct 201712 Feb 2022 In a nutshell: my district offers a fellowship grant each year for six teachers to spend a (paid) week writing about teaching over the summer. I am never fully certain…
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