Most teachers I ask say no. It doesn’t matter if students are wealthy, middle class or poor, they say. Then I ask other questions: Does what’s happening in the world affect the schoolhouse? Social media? Prejudice? Teachers always answer yes to these questions. Which brings us back to social class. Social class is a powerful force Read More
Some students in the math methods class were pissed. I read the comments to find out why. One comment summed it up, ‘She wanted everything to be so exact even though we were just doing elementary.’ They were talking about teachers being precise when writing and speaking about math with elementary students. I’ve been thinking Read More