Saturday, November 20, 2021

Why I'm In This Fight - the Future of Mathematical America

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 Jo Boaler is utterly missing the point . My argument is simply, Enough is enough. We need  all  of our children to be mathematically compet...
Sunday, May 30, 2021

Piercing the Enchantment

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Having survived more than a full year of online learning, I am readier than ever to return to in-person learning.  I've been thinking a ...
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Monday, May 11, 2020

With sincerity and love to Nikole Hannah-Jones and all the beloved urban public school parents struggling to make sense of learning under quarantine

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Dear beloved urban public school parents, Please forgive me for being out of touch. I know you're worried about your child's learn...
Sunday, January 19, 2020

Rooting Out Opportunity Hoarding and Perverse Incentives in the Math Classroom

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tl;dr   The incentive structure of the math classroom is broken. I live and teach in a community where opportunity hoarding is rampant. St...
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Saturday, January 4, 2020

How do we teach our students there are other ways to interact with the world beyond permanent war?

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   My last encounter with physics did not leave me with a deep confidence in the practicality of math or science to save us. The course wa...
Monday, December 16, 2019

Purpose and Meaning in a Final Exam

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Ever since @CmonMattThink tweeted out this poster that I'm just nuts about, I've been thinking about all the different uses I have f...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Building a Feel for 'Major Moves' in Proof

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This year I'm experimenting with developing students' intuition for and sense-making about what we call 'major moves' in pro...