Janet Hollister
@JanetHollister
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09-08-2013 14:38:15
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As usual Conrad Wolfram nails it: US Math Wars: What I Know and What I Don’t. Now only if NCTM and NCSM: Math Education Leaders would listen. 'The curriculum of school (and early college) math education is hugely out of line.' Steve Leinwand conradwolfram.com/writings/us-ma…
'Before you ask teachers to do something else, you should take something off their plate.'
- Dylan Wiliam kicking off ResearchED Warrington on de-implementation... 🔥 #researchedwarr2024
🎯 If a #student is having trouble with an assignment, the goal isn't to get through the assignment. The goal is to improve the skill that is giving them difficulty with the assignment. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #TeacherTwitter
'Textbooks as a great equalizer...' YES!
Don't demonize books! Having a textbook is like giving a math department a common backbone to help ensure a guaranteed viable curriculum.
Supplement and enrich, but {newbie} teachers {especially} need a sound place to start. #iteachmath
The Latest in the Inexplicable War on High School Data Science Courses by Pamela Burdman This extreme action reflects a lack of awareness of the major changes taking place in math curricula changes endorsed by all the major math organizations. justequations.org/blog/the-lates…'
“You are the visionary dreamers, not the servants of the system, and you are the ones that will find the justice in the details of teaching and learning.” –Lacey Robinson #LeadershipInstitute #Education #Equity #Teaching #Learning #JusticeIsInTheDetails
'Our children are not numbers.'
Speakers Shelbi Cole, Jody Guarino, and Michelle Sperling provide practical guidance for leveraging data to examine the systems we have designed, as well as practical and humanizing approaches for understanding student learning. #NCTMSEA24
📚 Steps to mastery of a skill: 1. acquisition (I did it once) 2. fluency (I can do it consistently) 3. maintenance (I can keep doing it) 4. transfer (I can use it in new ways) (Hanson, et al., 1978) and still true. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat