Perseverance in Problem Solving, Part II

In part I of this two part series, I introduced a couple of ideas I have about defining perseverance in problem solving and some instructional shifts that need to happen in order to achieve those goals. In this post, I take a much more direct approach in trying to lay...
Creatively Common at the Core?

Creatively Common at the Core?

Anyone who has been in education for long knows the cyclical nature. Fads of teaching come and go and come again and yesterday’s PD is replaced by today’s workshop and don’t settle in, there’s a new program coming soon! One of those newer...
Getting “Real” about the Common Core and High Expectations

Getting “Real” about the Common Core and High Expectations

The term “high expectations” has become so common in school dialogue that I sometimes wonder if we shouldn’t pause and take time to deepen our common understanding of what it truly looks like when teachers have high expectations for students. An overview of online...

Common Core Standards Revisited

In December I posted about school principals providing instructional leadership to support implementation of the Common Core Standards.  My point was that beyond alignment, issues of effective pedagogy need to be addressed if the standards are to make a difference to...

Connections to Mathematical Modeling

As part of CTL’s book study for the Focus in High School Mathematics Reasoning & Sense Making (FOCUS), this is the sixth in the series of those blog posts. Last time we looked at what the authors suggested for those Reasoning Habits that assists students in...