Saturday, April 7, 2018

The Real Meaning of Irony

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Dear Ohio Leaders* It's testing season again for my elementary school students. I don't know what content is in these tests, becau...
Saturday, March 10, 2018

Zoetropes and Other Fanciful Things

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I spent the better part of a Saturday at a professional development seminar about strategies for teaching gifted children. (Do I know how to...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Audience Participation Post (for math teachers)

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I switched jobs this year. I'm still working with gifted kids, but I'm "pushing in" instead of "pulling (kids) ou...
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Saturday, November 18, 2017

Leaving Behind No Child Left Behind

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I heard a comedian once talk about getting a driver's license in New York, which consisted of some extensive training, hours and rigorou...
Monday, November 13, 2017

10 Reasons Not to do Improv in Your Classroom

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1. I don't even know what improv is. What the hell are you talking about? I do not need another thing to learn. This isn't on The Te...
Thursday, November 9, 2017

An Open Letter to Jo Boaler and All the Growth Mindset Devotees

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An Open Letter to Jo Boaler, I'd like to start by saying I absolutely love you. I love your math problems that are written so our s...
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Saturday, November 4, 2017

TL;DR Kakooma, Krypto and KenKen

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So, hey! A few nights ago, in the shower*, I came up with a bunch of ideas that I wanted to write about and I actually wrote them down. Thi...