We are pleased to share the experiences and learnings of a math teacher who has been recognized by his peers as an outstanding educator. Here is a snapshot of his background... I am an 18 year public school teacher, primarily in high school mathematics, although I did two years in middle school. Most of my teaching has been in Snohomish County schools - 7 years at Kamiak HS in Mukilteo, 6 years in Marysville (2 yrs 7th grade, 4 years HS), and over the last 3 years I have been at Cascade HS in Everett, Monroe HS in Monroe, and Meadowdale HS in Lynnwood. I have taught all levels of HS mathematics, including AP Calculus and AP Statistics, but the class I have taught the most has been … [Read more...]
Re-Assess Common Core and Consider Reversing Direction
This is an article published at Breitbart on December 25th. > > > > > Even before the recent NAEP results were published, Common Core proponents urged us not to engage in what they called “misnaepery” – or, jumping to unsubstantiated conclusions based on preliminary data. Some were reasonably cautious, others were not beyond presenting visually misleading data to prop their claim that nothing has changed (in these charts, for example, the author draws NAEP with a 50 points/grid, where 10-12 points equal a grade level; in other words, it takes 4-5 grades difference to move the chart one grid. Small wonder the NAEP charts look flat there.) Indeed, caution is always … [Read more...]