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I Don’t Get It vs. I Don’t Buy It 25 Jul 2013 | 06:43 am
I was having a conversation a few weeks ago with a computer programmer and math enthusiast whom I’ll call Dorian. He was arguing very passionately that talking about a square root of was the wrong way...
Sh*t I F*cking Love (Wherein I Am Moved to Profanity by Enthusiasm) 6 Apr 2013 | 12:23 am
Shawn Cornally doing his thing. My new favorite blog, chronicling an adventure in striving to keep math class true to your deepest commitments. (Thanks to Work in Pencil for the recommendation.) Paul ...
Deborah Ball and Lucy West are F*cking Masters 31 Mar 2013 | 10:17 am
I recently saw some video from Deborah Ball’s Elementary Mathematics Laboratory. I actually didn’t know what she looked like so I didn’t find out till afterward that the teacher in the video was, y’kn...
Some Followup on “A Note to My Fellow White People” 18 Mar 2013 | 04:50 am
If you were interested, challenged or otherwise engaged by my Note to My Fellow White People, I have come across a bunch of other things recently you will be interested in: Here is the other video he ...
Good Brawls and Honoring Kids’ Dissatisfaction 8 Mar 2013 | 10:10 pm
I was just reading some old correspondence with a friend J who periodically writes me regarding a math question he and his son are pondering together. The exchange was pretty juicy, about how many way...
A Note to My Fellow White People 19 Jan 2013 | 07:30 am
I haven’t talked openly about race or racial difference on this blog before, but I actually think about it a lot. One of the most damning legacies of our racist history has been systematic libel again...
Notes from the Learning Lab: How to Dull My Curiosity 15 Dec 2012 | 08:32 am
I know I say this kind of thing a lot but I’m sitting here studying for a final, and this truth is just glaring and throbbing at me: If you want to dull my curiosity, tell me what the answer is suppos...
Wherein This Blog Serves Its Original Function 22 Nov 2012 | 06:05 am
The original inspiration for starting this blog was the following: I read research articles and other writing on math education (and education more generally) when I can. I had been fantasizing (back ...
Math Is Not a Spectator Sport 6 Nov 2012 | 05:27 am
Neither is democracy. Everybody in the USA better vote tomorrow.
This Is What Democracy Looks Like 17 Sep 2012 | 07:55 am
The Chicago Teachers Strike
