Using the digits in the current year exactly one time each, can you write a mathematical expression for each digit between 1 and 100? [...]

Can your students read between the lines? Inference skills, the ability to figure out something that isn’t directly stated by… [...]

Starting this September, nearly every Algebra teacher in New York City is expected to follow a new curriculum called ‘Illustrative Math.’ This is part of a $34 million investment in a program called ‘NYC Solves’ which aims to improve math… [...]

I was so sad to hear about Nikki Giovanni’s passing. I met her a couple of times. Once was at the Georgia Council of Teachers of English convention,  probably in the late 1990s, and I met her again at NCTE… [...]

My last series of posts centered on standards-based assessment, which for several years has been the focus of much of my work with teachers. I’ve been somewhat dragged into this work. I think–a lot–about my experiences in my own classroom… [...]