Yesterday two colleagues, Jared Bennett and Gerry Smith, shared an interesting video. It’s worth the 45 seconds it will take to watch. Math Video Now, I am a pretty vocal proponent for the need for meaningful math in our classrooms. The phrase “Hey, let’s use the textbook to create a good math lesson” rarely, if […]
Archive for October, 2014
Today was a great morning. I got to sit down with some of the educators in our school and talk about our students and their needs and the educators in the building and their needs. I was initially worried because a few of our groupings of educators were a bit of a mish mash, due […]
September is a funny time in a school. It is filled with fresh ideas and excited learners. However, it is also filled with ambivalence and tears, impossible problems and what I lovingly refer to as “start up glitches”. (The educators and learners in our school faced more than their share of start up glitches this […]