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In his book, The Number Sense: How the Mind Creates Mathematics, Stanislas Dehaene explores the research behind our understanding of numerosity. He looks at research over the past 100+ years that suggests animals have an innate understanding of numbers. He then goes on to explore and explain the acquisition of number sense in humans from…
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Over the past few months I have been working with school leaders in a variety of capacities. It has been a rewarding and rich summer of learning. A Westminster colleague, Thad Persons, and I ran a 3-day institute on leadership for about 15 educators who were either in new leadership roles or who wanted…
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This week is an opportunity to #thankateacher on Twitter during #teacherappreciationweek. At Westminster School in Atlanta we have a corp of highly dedicated and inspiring teachers working with our pre-1st through 12th grade students. When students excel in a theatrical production or concert, compete on the athletic field, write for a student publication, design a…
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Michael Sykes wrote a piece on Axios, Why teachers are walking out of the classroom? We have seen teachers walk out of their classrooms across the country, from Arizona to West Virginia. In most cases they are protesting two things: (1) the inability of their states to fund teacher salaries at a reasonable level; and…
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It might be hard to affirmatively answer this question in the midst of a growing number of teacher strikes around the United States. In Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Arizona, teachers are standing up to be heard, and their voices are in the millions. In a USA Today article, ‘Tired of begging’: Teacher rebellion shuts…
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