Photo by Volker Stetter We've arrived at the end of our series on creating more meaningful math experiences for learners. We hope you...

I can still remember planning a math lesson after school during my second year teaching. I turned to look out the window, hoping to get a...

The other day while my children were playing with their cousins, I decided to watch some TV while I folded mountains of laundry. When I...

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We all have THAT book. The book that you couldn’t get enough of. That one book that when it ended, you were at a loss for what to do...

Last fall, I was fortunate enough to have two books published within a few weeks of each other—one for adults, and one for children. Two...

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear “social studies?” A globe, a map, a test on the names of continents? In its...

This is how I thought about science as a first year sixth-grade science teacher: So much content and so few days to teach it all. I...

Once upon a time, as pure as a fairy tale, it seemed as if math was all about algorithms and right answers. But times, they are...

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Last week, in my role as department chair, I was showing one of our new teachers the various titles available for 11th graders. We were...

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As kids, my friends and I would look for any wildness we could find hidden within our village’s suburban landscape. Through backyards,...

In the first half of 2017, I was still teaching in my own classroom. One of my students kept getting into some trouble. It was nothing...

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Over the winter break I was at party with a talented, but rather loud band playing. I kept trying to have conversations with other party...