Exponential Growth

A math educator turns to the blogosphere because everyone tells him blogging will lead to new and wonderful revelations about his life and teaching practices. Learning multiplies learning - exponential growth.

Monday, February 2, 2015

Do Professionals Require Tenure?

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Here in California, the election last November included the race for State Secretary of Instruction, pitting the incumbent Tom Torlakson, wi...

Monday, January 19, 2015

The "Professional"

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I've never seen the movie " The Professional" , about a hitman who takes in an orphaned 12-year-old Natalie Portman, but I kn...

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Equity and Mathematics

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Well, my last post was fun . This one will probably only interest math educators. Back in 1985 and '86, long before my current studen...

Monday, May 6, 2013

Why I love my school - and why I'm leaving

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I love Summit Prep Charter School . For seven years, I have toiled, sweated, and laughed as I have worked to get hundreds of kids into coll...

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Friday, March 1, 2013

Poor Sal Kahn

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Anyone who has been at all connected to math education - whether as a student, a parent, or an educator – is aware of Sal Khan and...

Friday, February 15, 2013

Math Anxiety - Blame me

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For most of my career I have pushed back - gloriously unsuccessfully - against the onslaught of standardized testing. From the time America...

Friday, February 8, 2013

I MOOC, therefore I am

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MOOCs (massive open online courses) are all the rage these days. I have been curious - and a bit skeptical - about them, so I thought I wou...

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Julian Cortella: I teach math to kids. They teach me a lot of things, too. I think it's an even swap.

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