In 1989 I began my teaching career at Roosevelt Junior High School in Oakland where I taught 8th and 9th grade mathematics. I was completely ill-equipped to teach students who were just a few years younger than me. Chronic-absenteeism was so high, my class rosters were in the mid-40’s so as to ensure a daily […]
The newly revised California Mathematics Framework (CMF) is full of research-informed recommendations for how teachers should update their instructional strategies to be more aligned with current understandings of how students best learn mathematics. Unfortunately, the hard work of the CMF authors will be for naught unless we properly support teachers to carry out the changes […]
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Here is the amazing lineup of speakers we have for our 2025 CMC Math Symposium on March 7 & 8, 2025. Register here.
I was recently chatting with a teacher who is frustrated that every year her students seem to make tremendous progress with the grade-level content they are learning, only to later score Standard Not Met on the CAASPP in Spring. Particularly vexing, she said, is that her students learn the lessons, successfully complete the exit tickets, and even […]
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In September of 2022, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1705 which would have fully phased in by Fall, 2025. AB 1705 would have created rules that mostly prevent colleges from offering remedial courses such as Trigonometry and Pre-Calculus. Essentially, AB 1705 would have made Calculus the lowest possible course for students with a STEM-related academic goal. Are you noticing the would haves? Well, […]
Preamble: Many years ago I first read a report called The Opportunity Myth. Its findings were eye-opening and I vowed to apply the findings in the report to my work in Merced County. For the past six years I have done exactly that…with varying degrees of success. I am unwavering in my belief that the […]