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Whether working with teachers or my own children, I'm trying to take every opportunity to learn more about how we play with math.

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Sidewalks and Curb Cuts

Part of my own wellness journey means that most days I look for a small bit of sunshine to grab my sneakers and go for a walk. One of my...

What's really broken?

When I was in 2nd grade, around this time of the school year, my teacher asked our class to help her create the seasonal bulletin board...

Expecting Variability

Most days, I drive what I consider to be an obnoxious number of miles to and from work. In many major cities, it wouldn’t be worth...

Starting the year strong

In February of 2021, Mark Alcorn and I began recording our very first episodes of the Sum of It All podcast. For just over two years, we...

Messy Work

Sometime in the last 11 years, you may have attended a webinar from the Global Math Department or read one of their newsletters. We’ve...

Bottle of Dreams

As we close out this summer, heading into the many things the school year may be holding for us, I want to send it out with a tradition...

Closer than we think

Earlier this year, something amazing happened in the mathematics community. A group of researchers proved a decades-old problem with a...

Counterexamples that Matter

I still remember the first time someone told me that girls couldn’t do math. The words stung and colored my view of myself, along with my...

Dichos and Proverbs

Last year, we began sharing dichos, sayings or proverbs, that we grew up hearing in various network meetings. It’s an idea from Zaretta...

My Tiny Math Story

Friends complained that you didn’t make any sense. I wasn’t offended, but I was concerned. But it wasn’t you; and it wasn’t them either....

100 words

As a kid, I looked forward every week to watching particular shows on television with my family as after-dinner (and after-homework)...

Starting Fresh

It's time. The stack of saved blog entries are finally getting dusted off and moved into published form. Check back soon for new entries....

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