The past couple of weeks I began blogging about the 8 Mathematical Practices from the Common core.  I have finished Mathematical Practice # 1, Mathematical Practice # 2, Mathematical Practice #3, Mathematical Practice #4, Mathematical Practice #5, Mathematical Practice

The past couple of weeks I began blogging about the 8 Mathematical Practices from the Common core.  I have finished Mathematical Practice # 1, Mathematical Practice # 2, Mathematical Practice #3, Mathematical Practice #4, Mathematical Practice #5, and

I recently attended the M4 Conference in Kansas City, where math leaders from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa met to discuss the Common Core Standards for Mathematics.  I was privileged to hear from Matt Larson the keynote speaker from Lincoln, Nebraska.  After humerously acknowledging that his state was one of the four who had, as of yet, not adopted the common core standards, Larson got right to work convincing us that the Common Core State Standards may be our last opportunity to get math education right!

Are You Prepared for the Common Core Standards?  This is the question posed in the latest edition of Education Week Teacher. 

Schools across the nation have adopted the Common Core Standards.  Nearly every state http://www.corestandards.org/in-the-states has joined in and that means that you may start to see changes in your child's classroom and in the school as a whole.  

What those changes look like depend heavily on your child's school and the way they have been doing business.  Here is a glimpse of key factors and how they might affect your child's classroom.

 The past couple of weeks I began blogging about the 8 Mathematical Practices from the Common core.  I have finished Mathematical Practice # 1, Mathematical Practice # 2, Mathematical Practice #3, Mathematical Practice #4, and Mathematical Practice #5.  This week the focus is on CCSS Mathematical Practice #6 - Attend to

As more and more teachers become familiar with the common core math standards, the question that is beginning to crop up is,  "What curriculum (ie.

The past couple of weeks I began blogging about the 8 Mathematical Practices from the Common core.  I finished Mathematical Practice # 1, Mathematical Practice # 2, Mathematical Practice #3, and Mathematical Practice #4.  This week the focus is on CCSS Mathematical Practice #5 -  Use appropriate tools strategically.

The past couple of weeks I began blogging about the 8 Mathematical Practices from the Common core.  I finished Mathematical Practice # 1, Mathematical Practice # 2, and Mathematical Practice #3.  This week the focus is on CCSS Mathematical Practice #4 - Model with mathematics.    I'll address what this looks like in the classroom, what students will be doing, what teachers will be doing, and the most important, the type of quest

Leadership is tough.  Moving people from point A to put B can be quite a challenge, especially when you, as the leader aren't exactly sure what point B looks like and especially when there are so many variables that may or may not lead to point B and also the fact that point B may turn out to be where you don't want to go at all.  You may decide you are more interested in point C, J and M.