This year’s “back-to-school season” feels quite different in a very positive way. For the first time in my career, both my district and school are placing a strong emphasis on Social-Emotional Learning. Just last week, my colleagues and I participated in an interactive Circle Training
The Japanese Footbridge, by Claude Monet. Public domain, image obtained from Wikimedia Commons at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1920-22_Claude_Monet_The_Japanese_Footbridge_MOMA_NY_anagoria.JPG Modeling with Mathematics Claude Monet was one of the founders of the art movement known as Impressionism. Artwork prior to this period in the late 19th century was primarily representational or narrative;
When I was hired by Corwin Press and learned that, in addition to marketing Corwin Literacy, I would also be marketing the company’s new sister imprint Corwin Mathematics, I was both excited and, quite frankly, a bit anxious. It wasn’t that I didn’t have experience marketing
“In 2012, we began work to develop instructional leaders at our schools that would have the expertise in the critical areas of leadership to effectively lead their schools to meet the increasing requirements in faculty development and student achievement. Through our work with Dr. Julie
One of the topics in mathematics education that has caused a flurry of debate is whether students should know their basic mathematics facts from memory—meaning they can automatically give the answer to any fact. This question is not new—you can find it in educational publications,
Throughout my career I’ve taught struggling readers. Here’s one area of struggle I see all the time, and not just among struggling readers—I see it with middle school students and also with university students: how to notice key details. In other words: how to separate the
Over the years I’ve had the chance to work with all sorts of clever mathematicians. Most of them were under age 11. They had great perspective, unique insight, and novel strategies. I only wish that I could always say the same about myself. There was Robert.
Foreword: Dr. Michael (Mickey) Corso’s transition from the frying pan (Quaglia Institute) to the fire (high school teacher) was the inspiration for this blog series, “Walking the Talk: The School Voice Chronicles.” This is not at all surprising, as Mickey has been my inspiration for years.
One of the Mathematics Teaching Practices from National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM, 2014) is: Establish mathematics goals to focus learning. Effective teaching of mathematics establishes clear goals for the mathematics that students are learning, situates goals within learning progressions, and uses goals to guide
Making Sense of Problems and Persevering in Solving Them "The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— Of cabbages—and kings— And why the sea is boiling hot— And whether pigs have wings." One of my favorite books since I was very young has been