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Erik Lokensgard's avatar

"SHE WRITES THAT WRONG ANSWER DOWN I STRESS AGAIN SHE WRITES THAT WRONG ANSWER DOWN. Her voice betrays nothing. Her hand betrays nothing. She knows the class will sort this one out and the class does and learns a great deal about math but an even greater deal about who holds mathematical truth in the world." This is freaking inspiring. Trying to do this myself initially felt wrong, and yet I'm getting better at it and it's starting to feel GOOD because what you say is true, and I'm realizing it is good teaching (through PD, through reading this substack and other articles). Thank you for sharing your observations of Gen Esmende and others' excellent teaching ongoingly. It's helping me be a better teacher.

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Dr. Cara Goodwin, PhD's avatar

I love the concept of the shape of school. For so long we have been trying to fit children who are not squares, circles or triangles into a school system that is a very particular shape. We have asked children to change instead of asking the school to change.

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