Jo Boaler on CCSSM in the Atlantic
Last month, I had the pleasure of attending an event where Jo Boaler, math educator at Stanford, presented on her work regarding the importance of a growth mindset in math education. It was hosted by...
View ArticleSocial Media in Support of the Common Core
Social media is a powerful tool. It can be used to cross geographic divides, create community, and broadcast a message. It is for these reasons (and more!) that I am happy to publicly share with you...
View ArticleJason Zimba: “A new course for K-12 mathematics education”
Last week CCSSM author Jason Zimba wrote a guest post for the Johns Hopkins Press Blog, entitled, “A New Course for K-12 Mathematics Education.” In it, he gives a short history of the development of...
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New Resource for Common Core Advocacy
The Business Roundtable and the US Chamber of Commerce teamed up to bring us TheCommonCore.com, a resource for those who support the Common Core State Standards. This site is clean, easy to...
View ArticleCommon Core as Political Pawn
If you watch cable news and the discourse surrounding Common Core that is not led by educators, you may have noticed that the Common Core has become something of a hobby horse for pundits looking to...
View ArticleWhat I want for my grandchildren
Just to be clear, I don’t have any grandchildren yet, even though I have three daughters in their 20s (hint hint, daughters). But what I want for my grandchildren when they arrive is a local public...
View ArticleCathy Kessel Takes on Common Core Critiques
Recently certain high-profile folks in education seem to be decrying the Common Core. But, as I’ve posted before, it’s important for us to *ahem* attend to precision as we discuss and take on these...
View ArticleComing Together to Support the Common Core at NCTM
This week at NCTM, there will be an opportunity to connect with others around the country who support the implementation of the Common Core! It will be Thursday morning in the Networking Lounge which...
View ArticleWhat Do Teachers Really Think About Common Core?
For those whose lives aren’t spent working in education with educators, it’s easy to believe the hype that teachers in general are vehemently opposed to–and outraged by–the Common Core. But those of us...
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Showing our support at NCSM & NCTM
Every year, I attend the annual conferences for the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. And this year was wonderful, not only because of...
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Fact-Checking Diane Ravitch on the Common Core
In an article about the Common Core State Standards that was published on Huffington Post, Diane Ravitch claimed that “…the largest contingent of the drafting committee were representatives of the...
View ArticleFact checking Marina Ratner in the Wall Street Journal
The recent Wall Street Journal piece by retired UC Berkeley mathematician Marina Ratner is incorrect on so many points that it’s not so much a matter of fact checking as checking to see if there are...
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