The Journal for Urban Mathematics Education (JUME) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal, that recently published an article I wrote that explored the question, “What does teaching mathematics as agape, or unconditional love, look like?” Think about it…if a teacher started Read more…
Here I am at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in San Francisco. This conference is huge with around 15,000 attendees and a phone book for a program guide. At first I was a little apprehensive Read more…
Great news! I have successfully navigated the world of grant proposal writing and just accepted my first grant award. In November I submitted a Classroom Research Grant through the Mathematics Education Trust (MET) housed within the National Council of Teachers of Read more…
I had the opportunity this evening to speak to the Mississippi Space Grant Consortium and Center for Mathematics and Science Education Teacher Conference. The talk was based on my dissertation work but extending it to the current situation surrounding the Read more…
The University of Mississippi School of Education has started the Journal of Contemporary Research in Education. One of the articles in the first issue of the journal is my own where I talk about a study I did on my own Read more…
I recently signed a petition in support of Dr. Jo Boaler at Stanford University. She recently posted on her website a description of harassment and unethical behavior by some of her colleagues at Stanford. She has done some great work Read more…
Today I gave the opening keynote to the 2nd Annual Mathematics Specialist Conference at the Center for Mathematics and Science Education. My job was to show how the eight Standards for Mathematical Practice from the Common Core State Standards for Read more…
I have given talks on building community in my classes, because I believe that it is a resource for learning that is not used to the fullest extent in all classroom settings. So much of what we know about learning Read more…
The picture associated with this post is from Kelly Ingram Park, a major site for civil rights action in Birmingham. It depicts a common scene of aggressive action taken against peaceful protest. For the second year in a row the Read more…
Over three years ago I came across a video of the Avett Brothers (@theavettbros) performing a “Tiny Desk” concert at the offices of NPR. The quote of the video was when Bob Boilen asked Scott Avett if he swallowed an Read more…