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Back By Unpopular Demand! My Kindle E-Book About My Life
Anyone who reads this blog knows that I’m a math teacher. Math and teaching are two of my life passions and they are two things that I have some talent for. I would say that I’m a ‘very good’ teacher … Continue reading
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My Remote Teaching Tips Videos
Maybe the only advantage to teaching remotely is that you can fart anytime you want. Compared to live teaching, remote teaching introduces so many new challenges. I think the biggest challenge is that teachers don’t get to leverage a personal … Continue reading
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Effective Remote Teaching Part 1: Tools of the trade
Like many teachers around the country, I am currently teaching my students in a room by myself. Remote teaching is very taxing. It takes me about five to ten times as long as it used to to prepare my lessons … Continue reading
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No Way To Treat A Scholar
Success Academy is the largest and most controversial charter network in New York City. With over 15,000 students, Success Academy is known for their high state test scores. Though Success Academy has been in existence for about 14 years already, … Continue reading
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My ‘Essential Math For Kids (And Parents)’ Series Parts 1 to 3
There’s nothing I like more than talking about math. There is no math topic that I find too trivial that it is not worthy of intense discussion. I remember when I was living in Houston and my roommate was a … Continue reading
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My New Video Series — Essential Math For Kids (And Parents)
Even though most people who read this blog know me as a critic of ed reform, the thing that I spend most of my time thinking about, actually, is how students learn math and what the best ways to teach … Continue reading
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Success Academy Quietly Settles Discrimination Lawsuit And Pays Families $1.1 Million
Success Academy is the largest and most controversial charter chain in New York. By one measure — state test scores — it is the most successful. But over the years they have been embroiled in several significant scandals. The two … Continue reading
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Charter Schools And Their Enemies — My Review
Thomas Sowell is an economist and senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. His lengthy career has spanned six decades and he is a well respected conservative scholar. He has recently published a thin volume called ‘Charter Schools And Their … Continue reading
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Stewart Swoons, Eva Evades
I recently listened to two illuminating podcasts about Success Academy. Hosted by Education Post CEO Chris Stewart on the Citizen Ed podcast, the first interview was with Robert Pondiscio, author of ‘How The Other Half Learns’ and the second was … Continue reading
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TFA Will Train New Recruits Virtually
For the past thirty summers, Teach For America has trained their new recruits in a five-week crash course known as ‘the institute.’ The first institute trained 500 corps members in Los Angeles. As TFA grew, more institutes were added and … Continue reading
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