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The Math Was Within Us All Along

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Why Teaching Math for Test Results Is Not Enough

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Building The Bridge Between Old and New Math

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They’re Still Not Like Us (Math and Our Values)

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A Reminder About Teaching Students Math in NYC (And Beyond)

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And All Of A Sudden, I’m So Good At Math

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On ELA, Math, and School, Because We Gotta Talk School

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Why Math Is A Social Justice Issue [Edutopia]

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A System of Ninety Equations

Week 1: I Belong Here (On Starting Exponents)

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Another Reason I Don’t Like FOIL In Math

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So What If It’s Not Relevant Right Now? (Just Math It)

Short Notes: Back To School 2013 OMG What Have I Done? Edition

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Grant Wiggins and How I View Math Curriculum

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Math As A Merit Badge (And Other Comments)

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No One Puts Algebra 2 In A Corner (Math For All Kids)

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Short Notes: A Cautionary Tale for Edubloggers

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My Philosophy On Math Pedagogy, And Other Tidbits [Edutopia]

Why Learning Math Is Political

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Teaching Exponents In Eighth Grade, Part 1: [Old To The Now]

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Great. Another Non-Math Person Complaining About Algebra.

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Stay In Your Lane [A Math Teacher’s Lament]

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Beware The Calculator

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Love Is The Base, Not The Exponent (A Theorem Semi-Proven)

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Finding A Needle in A Stack of Needles: A Solution to the Racial Achievement Gap

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Creativity Is Almost Dead … and Non-Educators Want To Kill It

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The Idea of Race As A Number Line

Unit Plan on Percents

Rest Elbows on Table, Insert Chin Into Hands (Pick Your Head Up Afterwards)

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FACK! [Or, 5 Ways To Handle The Day Before The Big Math Test]

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The Real Purpose of Math Is …

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Tearing the House Down pt. 1: No (Limiting) Math Gimmicks!

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I Need Your Full Cooperation and Total Attention

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Open Thread: What Makes a Good Math Teacher?

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A Life’s Perspective on Ratios

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Ojala Que Llueva Cafe En El Campo (Hope That It Rains Coffee In The Field)

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Ace of Bases

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8 Things I Learned At the NCTM (or Planet of the 8s)

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Abstracting the Concrete

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The Message

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Penny Harvest Math

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The Common Factor

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Crazy Eights

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The Divisibility Theorem