
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.

Over 97% of my 11th and 12th graders have been failed by our “Survival of the Fittest” math education system.

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, motivation to fail, motivation to do pretty much of anything except go through the motions almost as if on autopilot. Hence, the old motivator of “Do it, or you’ll fail!”

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 Math was learned as a result but there was a much bigger learning curve than I suspected. Check out the web page I created for the project. Click here to

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 need to be for the current life I am living. I know that might sound fake or bizarre to some people but the ability to adapt, change and grow in