How can we measure learning? That really is the question for the remainder of this school year. We are working in a crisis situation...

The new normal of school. What will this be? How will we be able to teach in this new normal. As our crisis teaching is coming to an...

As a Math-Science High School teacher for 30 years, I've heard many times from parents: What is this new math? What the heck is this...

Reflection is concerned with consciously looking at and thinking about our experiences, actions, feelings, and responses, and then...

“When will I ever use this in the real world?” The question we all hate especially math educators. And Ill be honest sometimes I say...

During #crazypln chat the other day some things really had me thinking about grades. The tweet "Students can learn without grades, but...

Well here it is January 1, 2020 and I am blogging about my #oneword2020. OVERCOME. Now why would I pick a word like that for 2020 when...

So I have been asked many times: how do you work the performance task assessment in you senior classes? Well I try to explain it here....

What is your identity? Your role in life? What are you know for? These are tough questions to ask yourself. But it's even tougher for...

As I sat down today watching Shelley Moore's "See Ya Later SMART goals!", it hit me how her research should be used to help explain math...

Happiness is a fresh start. I am in the midst of a new beginning or as others see it the end or retirement from my teaching career. ...

When this came across my screen the other day, I had my big aha moment. This meme resonates with me. It so aligns to my why in...

Over the past bit of time I have been dealing with a heart issue that has kept me from my job as an educator. During this time, I still...

Control is an issue we all seem to deal with daily. Wanting control. Giving up control. Losing control. Keeping your control. It all...

Every day of my life I am assess on my abilities to perform a task. Whether it is cooking, cleaning, gardening or working a job, I am...

This morning a quote from a PLN fritter started me thinking again. She tweeted: Busy day! Doing a @fitwithfrank with the class, designing...

I have been a twitter person for eons but I have started using it to grow my professional learning network in the past few years. I find...

We all seem to work in silos creating our lesson, unit plans, course outlines, projects and assessment. It seems to be the norm that...

For over 30 years, I have been teaching high school math with a goal in mind of keeping it fun and rigorous. As a student, I found that...

This image is really an amazing replication of how I felt yesterday. You see the introvert me, was able to get out from behind and talk...