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Pushing the Edge: Podcast with Greg Curran

6 Jan 20216 Jan 2021
I am supremely honored that Dr. Greg Curran invited me as a guest on his most recent season of his podcast, Pushing the Edge. Greg is an incredibly thoughtful and…
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Caterpillar Math

20 Jul 202020 Jul 2020
This spring, my children fell madly in love with insects. Ants. Bees. Butterflies. We read books. We went exploring outside with magnifying glasses. We developed elaborate pretend play rituals based…
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An Open Letter to the Seattle School Board

28 May 202026 Jun 2020
Last night, I sent off a letter to the Seattle School Board in support of Tracy Castro-Gill, the head of Seattle's Ethnic Studies Program Manager, who was recently removed from…
curriculum…

Problem Based Lesson #3: Learning From One Another in Grade 4

9 Jan 202026 Jun 2020
This is a post in a series about problem based instruction in fourth grade -- centering on a series of lessons classroom teacher Claire* and I taught about symmetry. This…
curriculum…

Problem Based Lesson #1: Launching Symmetry in Grade 4

7 Jan 202026 Jun 2020
This is a post in a series about problem based instruction in fourth grade -- centering on a series of lessons classroom teacher Claire* and I taught about symmetry. Part…
education…

The Story of Fibonacci, and the Math Ethnic Studies Framework

17 Oct 201917 Oct 2019
In the late 12th century, a young Leonardo Bonacci -- better known as Fibonacci -- traveled with his merchant father from their home in Italy to Algeria (North Africa). They…
education…

When Our Beliefs Become Compromised… (part 1)

30 Jul 201928 Aug 2019
When are the times in my own teaching that my belief in kids and communities is compromised?  - Cornelius Minor (@MisterMinor) Heinemann Teacher Tour, July 27, 2019 Cornelius isn't a…
education

A Tribute to My First School: The End of the Beginning

19 Jun 201928 Jun 2020
Yesterday, my First School closed. It was the school that took a chance on me, where an optimistic principal hired me -- a green, green 21 year old -- to…

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February 26, 2023
Build Math Minds’ Virtual Math Summit 
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“Using Clinical Interviews in the Math Classroom: Learning from Students”

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“Slow Reveal Graphs: An Instructional Routine to Promote Sensemaking About Data”

March 30, 2023
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November 5, 2022
WMMP Fall Institute (South Hadley, MA)
“Slow Reveal Graphs: An Instructional Routine to Promote Sensemaking about Data”

September 2022
NCTM Annual Meeting (Los Angeles, CA)
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