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Is this too broad? Or right on target? #math #teaching

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 15, 20171 min read


Prof: Math ‘operates as Whiteness’
A free online class on integrating social justice into high school math has been revised to focus on “social issues,” reports Toni...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 24, 20172 min read


Teach art — not STEAM
Integrating art into science and math teaching — turning STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) into STEAM — is...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 9, 20172 min read


Arithmetic to algebra in a semester
Remedial math is the Bermuda triangle of community colleges. Many enter. Few go on to pass a college-level math class. City University of...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 23, 20172 min read


Math is dehumanizing, says ‘justice’ course
Teaching Social Justice Through Secondary Mathematics, an EdX course designed by Teach for America, doesn’t just give middle-school...

Joanne Jacobs
May 23, 20172 min read


Good English teachers add value in math
Good English Language Arts teachers raise students’ performance in future years — in English and math, writes Daniel Willingham. However,...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 15, 20171 min read


More math, more money
“When states raise the number of math classes they require students to take in high school,” black students take more math and go on to...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 7, 20171 min read
Will movie inspire more black math aces?
Hidden Figures, which is getting good reviews, tells the story of three “colored computers” who helped the U.S. win the space race. As...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 15, 20172 min read
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