Math, Wages, Data, Racism
by I have always believed that one of my goals as a teacher was to help my students live a better life. As a math teacher …
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Building Math Teams
When math teams are working amazing math gets done. There are times where it almost seems like I’ve gone down the rabbit hole into some magical math land. All of my kids are up at their boards making charts, drawing graphs, sketching models and debating math.
The fight for Mathematical Justice
Over 97% of my 11th and 12th graders have been failed by our “Survival of the Fittest” math education system.
Becoming Super
When I first started teaching as a 20 something living on a tropical island I was decidedly not a super teacher. I learned how to …
Gamification of Math Teams
Last year I was lucky enough to work on a research project with an amazing teacher Karen Kurcz. We developed a system that greatly encouraged …
2B or not 2B builds Motivation
Over my last four years teaching math at Grant I have noticed that a large percentage of my students have zero motivation. Motivation to succeed, …
Vertical Math
SY 2018-19 was a year of innovation and challenges for me. Some systems worked better than others but no single investment of time and money …
Flipgrid for Math
During the second semester of SY 2018-19 I attempted to use Flipgrid for my students to do a video version of their Math Journals. More …
Matt Rector 10.0: Math Teacher
During my life, I have reinvented myself multiple times. I have built on all of my previous versions in order to become the person I …