Twenty-one years ago, I welcomed my first class of students to kick off my career as a classroom teacher. I learned so many lessons, both big and small that year. During that first year, both my students and Midge, an incredible mentor in the room
What do you value most as a math teacher? Imagine it’s the last day of this school year. You have one last chance to interview and collect data from your students about their experiences after a year in your math class. What questions would you ask
The Story of DuPage High School District 88 Not long ago an event took place at DuPage High School District 88 that has become all too common: A high schooler posted a video on social media in which the student uttered a racial slur. Rather than
The battle to outlaw race talk is everywhere. Anti-Critical Race Theory (CRT) laws have been passed or proposed in thirty states. Banned books include everything from The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison to The 1619 Project to—unfathomably—the children’s book Ruby Bridges Goes to School. Critical
If teachers are pursuing the goal of 100% engagement, then every student is contributing. In our new book, Confronting the Crisis of Engagement, Nancy Frey, Doug Fisher, and I explore why engagement is an essential ingredient for learning. A significant body of evidence, including the work