There’s a young man at our school – let’s call him Dedric (his name has been changed for issues of privacy) – who has always been a good student. He made good grades in elementary and was Proficient last year…
I’ll be taking a break from writing between now and Christmas. Before I do, though, I want to highlight some of the things that we have going for us as educators in Shelby County, Tennessee and the United States. So…
I don’t always agree with Diane Ravitch. I’ve even criticized her on this blog. However, she does a phenomenal job of leveraging social media to promote her perspective on public education in America, which is something that all education advocates…
One of the greatest challenges in teaching math is helping students make the connection of how the subject applies to the real world. As a case in point, I just finished teaching my students a formula called point-slope. It’s easy…
