Equity-oriented slogans, statements about idealized outcomes, and tweaks to teaching or curricular practices within this system do not change this fact.

Saturday, August 15, 2015. I start inservice on Monday but I spent a few half days in my classroom while my daughter was at daycare. This is the first year that she will be in daycare and I wanted her to spend some time there before throwing her in for a full day. I finished one half of a bulletin board which lists the jobs of my classroom managers. My classroom management this year relies heavily on students taking control of the mechanics of the classroom. I got this idea from Hodges Herald.

Teaching, math, teaching math. The first was this ignite talk. On mathematical structure that has helped me to learn an enormous amount about that practice standard, and have continued working on since then. The second interesting moment happened after PCMI.

Diary of the process of running a math club for fourth and fifth graders. This is part my planning process, part documentation and part a how to guide. Monday, August 17, 2015. Tuesday, August 11, 2015.

Dee, the truly rowdy one, was silenced by Benadryl. She tried to hold a conversation but most of her thoughts were jumbled, and then she dosed off.

Saturday, January 7, 2017. For the month of January the folks at Explore MTBoS are challenging you to write one blog post per week. This weeks challenge is to write about a favorite. You can read more about the challenge. This worked out to be about 60 minutes total for each student.

I have started this post many times, so many times that I have multiple versions.