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...
Friday, August 30, 2019

The First-Ever Block 5 Math Department Pot Luck Lunch

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Today we had our first-ever block 5 Math Department pot luck lunch. We have a very large department (24 teachers) and not all of us have t...
Monday, July 29, 2019

Summer of Healing and Self-Care

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I am sitting on the sofa in our dining room, deep in avoidance. I need to pack for the red-eye back east to see my family. There is thick si...
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Friday, June 7, 2019

How I Started the Lowell Faculty Seminar on the Climate Emergency (and how you can too)

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Towards the end of school, there's the narrowest of windows between the end of AP testing and the beginning of final exams when teachers...
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Saturday, April 27, 2019

Trust is built in very small moments

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D stopped by my room after 7th block. He came by to just hang out before our BSU meeting. Usually he drops by for a quick hello during passi...
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Sunday, April 21, 2019

Dismantling Privilege Up Close is Personal, Part 1

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How do my teaching and learning practices as a white, middle-aged, math teacher with a great deal of privilege either support or disrupt the...