Honest Conversations, Real Change: Leading Math Instruciton Transformation at Every Level
Let me tell you about a conversation I had with a first-grade teacher a few years ago. She was describing a boy in her class who had an IEP for math. "He just doesn't get it," she said. "Some kids are just like that with math."
Building Bridges: Helping Students Move Between Concrete, Representational and Abstract Models
What is the difference between a student who gets the right answer and a student who understands the mathematics? The answer lies in how flexibly they can move between different ways of representing mathematical ideas and how well they understand the connections between those representations.
Meet your New Partner in Math Intervention: The AI Math Coach Intervention Assistant
Published: December 19, 2025
Meet your New Math Coaching Partner: The AI Math Coach Pedagogy Assistant
Published: December 8, 2025
Introducing AI Math Coach: Empowering Teachers with Personalized Math Instruction
Published: August 8, 2025
More Than Tens and Ones. Supporting Students' Place Value Understanding
Published: October 4, 2024
Countering Teaching Through Telling with 4 Inclusive Math Instruction Strategies
Picture this - a teacher stands at the front of the room. Their back is to you and they are writing an addition problem on the board: 24 + 37. They tell you to do what they are doing. “First, we line up the tens, then we line up the ones.” You copy down the numbers, the symbols, the formula. You write what they write. You do what they do. The day ends and you can do what they do - but you have not developed your mathematical understanding. You have not flexed your own problem-solving muscles. When you are asked to show your thinking or explain your answer - you’re silent. You learned to copy, …
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