Sunday, July 29, 2018

TMC 18 Recap: a lesson from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Find what you need. Refuse to be stopped.

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On my last day in Cleveland, I went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This was my one assignment from my husband David, a long-time jazz, r...
Friday, April 6, 2018

HERESY WARNING: Breaking through on quadratic function analysis & graph sketching

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Over the last two days, I've had a few important breakthroughs with discouraged Algebra 1 learners about quadratic functions and their g...
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Sunday, January 28, 2018

The Centrality of the Cross-Racial Therapeutic Alliance in My Classroom

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As part of our school's five-year program of equity transformation, we the staff engage in monthly two-hour seminars focused on issues ...
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Sunday, September 17, 2017

Conversation With Grace: Why Strive For Diversity?

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Ever since I read Grace's post , I've been struggling. I have nothing but bad, inadequate answers to this question. And since its ...
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Thursday, August 24, 2017

Why does this feel so dangerous...?

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Maybe it's just the cold medicine speaking (I am battling a wicked cold), but today in 6th block Algebra 1, as we were working on Exeter...
Saturday, July 22, 2017

"You are what you seek," the wise one said.

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Once upon a time, some time late in 2011, there were some lonely, kooky, determined math teachers trying to get better. They searched blog...
Friday, July 21, 2017

#TMC17 MORNING SESSION OVERVIEW: Differentiating CCSS Algebra 1 — from drab to fab using Exeter Math 1 & Exploratory Talk

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How can we use a problem-based throughline such as Exeter to transform a lifeless but mandated Algebra 1 course into a rich, differentiate...
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