Math Saves
Weekly reflections on mathematics instruction, instructional leadership, and the future of education.
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More Than Problem Solving
Insights on math literacy, instruction, and leadership for educators and school leaders. Math class is bursting with opportunities to build durable skills like communication, critical thinking, and collaboration.
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The Teachers Who Meet Students Halfway
Insights on math literacy, instruction, and leadership for educators and school leaders. The teachers who leave the deepest impression are the ones willing to meet students' curiosity halfway.
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When AI Came for Math, The Mathematicians Wrote Back
Insights on math literacy, instruction, and leadership for educators and school leaders. Exploring how mathematicians are responding to AI's growing role in their field.
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The Skill Math Students Need Most May Be the One We Are Training Out of Them
Insights on math literacy, instruction, and leadership for educators and school leaders. Exploring what skill students truly need and how our practices may be undermining it.
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Right Answers Can Be the Wrong Signal
A leader's job is to make the classroom safe for the messy middle where real understanding actually gets built.
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The Quiet That's Missing From Your Math Classrooms
Insights on math literacy, instruction, and leadership for educators and school leaders. Exploring the role of quiet reflection in effective math instruction.
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Stop Teaching Math with Training Wheels
Insights on math literacy, instruction, and leadership for educators and school leaders. Why removing unnecessary scaffolding helps students develop true mathematical understanding.
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Not a "Math" Leader? Bring a Colleague Who Is
Insights on math literacy, instruction, and leadership for educators and school leaders. How to leverage expertise when math isn't your specialty.
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The Hiring Edge Most School Leaders Overlook: Let Your Students Do the Talking
Most school leaders miss a powerful hiring strategy: letting students interview teacher candidates. When students do the talking, you see the real teacher.
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Your Math Students Are Forgetting Everything. Here's the Fix.
Students forget what they learned last week, last month, last year. Here's why it happens and what you can do to help math concepts stick.
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Four Questions Every Leader Should Ask Before Observing a Math Classroom
Before you step into a math classroom, ask yourself these four questions. They'll transform what you see and how you support teachers.
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Is Your Curriculum Lying to You?
Your math curriculum might promise alignment to standards, but is it actually delivering? How to spot the gaps between what's marketed and what's taught.
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The Bar in Math Is Moving, Depending on Where You Live
Math proficiency standards vary dramatically across states. What counts as 'proficient' in one state might be below grade level in another—and students are paying the price.
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The Math That Runs the World Gets Taught Last
Statistics and probability power everything from AI to medicine to finance—yet we save it for the end of the school year or skip it entirely. Why do we teach the most important math last?
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You've Heard of Dyslexia. Why Not Dyscalculia?
Everyone knows about dyslexia, but dyscalculia—its mathematical counterpart—remains largely unknown. Understanding this learning difference is crucial for supporting all math learners.
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The Laptops are Here. The Curiosity Isn't.
We gave students devices, but did we give them reasons to wonder? Exploring the gap between technology access and genuine curiosity in the classroom.
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Joy Through Challenge: A Case for Mathletes
A random Facebook notification from 13 years ago reminded me how coaching Mathletes completely changed my approach to teaching. Adding challenge to your math class adds joy to your math class.
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Stop Giving First Period the Rough Draft Lesson
A 15-minute pre-lesson rehearsal with teachers can transform instruction quality and give students hundreds of additional minutes of practice time throughout the year.
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Accumulating Meaningful Math Moments
I'm excited to use this space as a way to talk about math, instruction, mindsets, joy, and everything around it that I think has been lost for many people right now.
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The Third-Grade Argument That Shaped My Life
When I was in third grade, I got into an argument with a student. Her name was Ashley. We were in a deep debate: What mattered most—knowing how to read or knowing how to do math?
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