"Leadership is communicating others' worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves." โ Stephen Covey #MTBoS#iteachmath
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RT if you think others will find this helpful ๐
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The current demand to teach systematic phonics to all kids is dishonestly framed as "the science of reading." This oversimplifies how science works (and what the research here actually shows) as well as what reading is: https://t.co/MFPZgo87l5
โThe problem is not algebra. The problem is how education took magnificent bottles of vintage wine and somehow turned it into character-less draft beer that everybody wants to spit out.โโโโ@Mathgarden https://t.co/UFNYxY4QZx
Someone is texting me that they are required to CALL each student house twice a week....
I have 5 kids with some in high school. If each teacher called me 2x a week I would leave my phone permanently off.
Does the grade demonstrate what a student knows??? Probably not. And that is a problem.
"Very often grading has been as much about compliance as it has been about achievement,โ OโConnor said. https://t.co/hUbPe1M4Pt
New visual suggested by @JSchwartz10a. How many tens and ones in 247? More at https://t.co/RC8u2g0x23
If you like this, check out Counting Collections #countingcollections, a hands on way to learn place value (and many other concepts).
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100% of the time my 1st period class outscores my 7th period class... why do we even have math after lunch?
" t turned out the students who tested earliest in the day had a huge advantage." https://t.co/aYzHEwhX7S