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Public Schools Are Not Failing Students With Disabilities.

You read that right. Despite what you may have read, schools are not failing to support students with disabilities. WE ARE FAILING TO...

Remediation vs Acceleration

So if you have been in education long enough, you know we LOVE some buzzwords. We also LOVE acronyms, and rebranding old ideas and making...

Tips For Teaching Fractions

Oh the dreaded F word! In math, I’m not sure if there is another F word that scares people more than “FRACTIONS.” But for real,...

Fun and Learning are NOT Synonyms

Y’all!!! If you want to make people really hate you…I mean really really get super mad…talk about how songs are not a great idea to teach...

Performance vs. Understanding

People who know me know that I love what I do, so they often will tell me about their child’s math abilities. They will say their kid is...

Finding the START line to get to the FINISH line.

Y’all I was talking to a student today that I worked with at the beginning of the year. She told me-I need help! I need you to come back...

What is the CRA Process?

So sometimes when you have been doing something for so long, you might feel like everyone knows about it. Like it’s old news. But I have...

Why Virginia Eliminating Accelerated Math Courses is GOOD for your High Achiever

Y’all, parents are in an absolute uproar about the proposed changes taking place in Virginia in regards to accelerated math courses. You...

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Standardized Testing

It’s really not easy to shock me. It really isn’t. I am rarely surprised by things. But when the decision was made to go ahead with state...

The Power of Productive Struggle

That split took me like 6 hours to figure out y’all. It was the difference between a single finger click and a two finger click! Lol We...