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Nov 20, 20215 min read
Public Schools Are Not Failing Students With Disabilities.
You read that right. Despite what you may have read, schools are not failing to support students with disabilities. WE ARE FAILING TO...
Sep 30, 20215 min read
Remediation vs Acceleration
So if you have been in education long enough, you know we LOVE some buzzwords. We also LOVE acronyms, and rebranding old ideas and making...
Sep 20, 20216 min read
Tips For Teaching Fractions
Oh the dreaded F word! In math, I’m not sure if there is another F word that scares people more than “FRACTIONS.” But for real,...
Jul 17, 20214 min read
Fun and Learning are NOT Synonyms
Y’all!!! If you want to make people really hate you…I mean really really get super mad…talk about how songs are not a great idea to teach...
May 15, 20212 min read
Performance vs. Understanding
People who know me know that I love what I do, so they often will tell me about their child’s math abilities. They will say their kid is...
May 5, 20213 min read
Finding the START line to get to the FINISH line.
Y’all I was talking to a student today that I worked with at the beginning of the year. She told me-I need help! I need you to come back...
May 3, 20214 min read
What is the CRA Process?
So sometimes when you have been doing something for so long, you might feel like everyone knows about it. Like it’s old news. But I have...
Apr 26, 20218 min read
Why Virginia Eliminating Accelerated Math Courses is GOOD for your High Achiever
Y’all, parents are in an absolute uproar about the proposed changes taking place in Virginia in regards to accelerated math courses. You...
Apr 11, 20215 min read
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Standardized Testing
It’s really not easy to shock me. It really isn’t. I am rarely surprised by things. But when the decision was made to go ahead with state...
Apr 2, 20214 min read
The Power of Productive Struggle
That split took me like 6 hours to figure out y’all. It was the difference between a single finger click and a two finger click! Lol We...
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