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What Makes Math a Priority in a District?

I am going to be completely honest.  I have been struggling with their vision and the direction my district has been heading.  I have worked here since 2001 and never given much thought to where we’ve been headed.  But ever since I jumped into the elementary world and been more invested in the math community (#MTBOS) and found like minded …

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Ten Percent Increase – Pt.2

During the last blog post, I described the circumstances at the beginning of the year (September 2017).  Teachers were fired up about comments made by our superintendent.   As a matter of fact, there were teachers who attended and spoke at a board meeting.  Let’s just say the board wasn’t thrilled by our superintendent’s words.   And this brings us …