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Building a Brighter Future: Overcoming Educational Challenges Post-Pandemic
The masks are off. Social distancing is no more. We're vaccinated, and the national nightmare is over. Or is it? In the wake of the COVID-19 worldwide shutdown, we find ourselves with a problem...
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5 Math Enrichment Games to Use in Your Classroom This Year
A new school year is quickly approaching, which means that many math teachers are brainstorming innovative ways to enhance the learning experience for their math learners this coming school year....
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I Teach High School Math: How I Lead with Equity in Mind
As a 10th-grade math teacher, I’m getting a lot of questions about whether I’m feeling pessimistic amid so much bad news about student learning loss. The answer is a resounding no. It's true today’s...
Math
Just Because the Math Ain't Mathin' Doesn't Mean That There's No Evidence of Mathematical Thinking in Their Response
To thrive in math, our learners need persistence and self-confidence. If our feedback is solely focused on the errors they’ve made, how can we expect them to maintain their motivation and build the...
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Math Pacing Guides: Do They Keep Pace or Leave Students Behind?
Recently, I was invited as a guest on the DebateMath podcast to participate in a nuanced discussion about the use of math pacing guides in our schools. To be clear, a pacing guide is a document that...
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Let’s Create a Mathematics Framework That Works for All Students
My name is Jo Boaler. I am a mathematics education professor at Stanford University. I was one of five authors of California’s proposed new mathematics framework. Unfortunately, the debate about the...