Have you been taught that “fluency” is a dirty word, and not the goal of teaching math?

DM me or comment here. #iTeachMath

Why Yale’s term paper on what’s wrong with college gets a ‘D-’ | Will Bunch An Ivy League university's report on the loss of faith in higher ed ignores what really killed the American Dream of college.

That Yale report on what's wrong with U.S. college saw some trees (high cost, unfair admission, etc.) but missed the forest: the 60-year right-wing crusade to undermine higher ed, from slashing budgets to stifling speech

How to really fix college. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/yale...

Location location as they say

Someone wanna email me this article so I can work on a debunk? I’m writing a whole-ass book about how we can use the good evidence we already have to improve education through policy, so the idea that there is no good education research is laughable (just gotta know where to look).

This is indeed the plan

The specifics of this example aside, I find these articles are often written in a way that seeks to discredit the work of anyone working inside of education so to make educators even more subject to the views of those on the outside. The message is that no educator can be trusted with their own work

I could show you teaching and learning or tutoring studies that continue to be replicated over decades and most faculty will never change the way they teach

How Teachers Can Judge the Credibility of Research (Opinion) As a teacher, your time is limited. Don't waste it on programs that only serve the interest of the companies selling them.

Look, causal inference studies can be good or bad regardless of where the person who produced it works, what field their degree is in, and whether they have a PhD. You have to actually look at what they did. There are no shortcuts.

www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

The Higher Education We Can Afford Hampshire College closes and an institute without faculty arises.

The same week Hampshire College (a place predicated on community between faculty and students) closes, the Khan TED Academy (an institution without faculty) rises. Academic freedom depends on the shape and kind of our institutions. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Radiation oncologist Caroline Chung is at the forefront of digital twin research and spoke with Science Friday about its potential uses in healthcare.

Listen to the full podcast now: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/dig...

Rugged individualism is one of the biggest lies.

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Oh, they want viewpoint diversity? I'm excited to see which Marxist economists the business school hires, then

Put the Phones Away: I Have 50 Slides I Want to Read to You The norm said no phones. The PD design said otherwise.Educators walk into PD with stories. They are not blank slates. Their lived experiences shape how they show up for students every day. And if we a...

What bad PD taught me as a teacher and what I make sure I get right every time I have the privilege to stand before them now. #BlackEduSky #EduSky #iteachmath

Then I had some time off from teaching to be mother. When I got back to college adjunct [1992-on] and high school [1995-on] all math was tracked towards Calculus regardless of ability or major.

Finally, the Dana Center came to MO for workshops to change it back. cont.

New York’s Anti-Rich Current Reaches Crescendo With Second-Home Tax Plan

Oh, those word choices www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/n...

Different states are working on multiple pathways now - maybe it will happen (didn’t so much during following that 1983 article)

The growing pressure to revise the mathematics curriculum arises mainly from widely publicized declines in student achievement on standardized tests”

Education Week 1983
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The standard secondary-school mathematics sequence should give way to a greater diversity of courses that better meet the needs of all students, not only those who plan to attend college
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The consensus that is beginning to emerge suggests that the next stage will involve both more and different mathematics
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The advent of new technologies and the current concern for educational improvement, coupled with reports in recent years from various professional associations, have laid the groundwork for reform.
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Learning from the mistakes of the earlier reforms will be critically important, math educators suggest, if the process of reform is to succeed.
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“Today, fueled by evidence of declining student performance and growing remediation efforts at all levels, the wheels of reform are turning again.
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Same with #math

One of the big lessons of the SoR movement has been to be careful of the company you keep, even when there's alignment on goals. I think as the pushes for more books and less corporate ed tech in classrooms grow, this will be important to remember. Resistance to reactionary nostalgia is key.

A star scientist showed that better genetics lessons could reduce racism. It was the death knell for his career Brian Donovan had persuaded high school teachers and education researchers that prejudice might be ended by changing how genetics is taught.

I want to see his genetics curriculum

"It’s a story with useful lessons to offer about the history of genetics education in the U.S. and the growing divide between how much universities say they value interdisciplinary research and how poorly their internal structures are set up to reward it."

When students see themselves reflected in math — not as passive recipients of numbers and formulas but as active problem-solvers — they gain the confidence not just to succeed personally but to challenge unsound policies, fight injustice and shape a better future.

Mathematical thinking fosters not only analysis but also empathy and collaboration, providing a shared foundation for understanding.