The Sonoma County Expanding Your Horizons Conference is coming up in one month on April 13, 2012. I attended this conference in 2009 and wrote this blog post about it. It is a marvelous event for your …
Changing the Culture of Criticism
More often than not, we react on a situation that we feel is wrong rather than a situation that we feel is good. We feel more strongly connected to making things right than praising a situation that …
Why I Want Students to Struggle With Homework
These are the words of my mentor, Jamie York: I firmly believe that "struggle" should be part of the experience of doing math. I even go as far to say that it is “good to be confused” (as long as …
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The SAT is Optional
The SAT (and the ACT) are tests given to high school students in order to determine ability to do well in college. I love the SAT because it is a logic test and problem solving is my ball of wax, so I …