Topic: All Minds on Mathematics

Creating opportunities for students to justify their thinking invites learners to make sense for themselves and others in novel ways. Suggestions for teaching academic talk and sentence starters.

For too many, math triggers distress, which causes the brain to opt out rather than to engage in mathematical sense-making. Unpack math anxiety, bias, stereotypes, and stereotype threat.

All students can be capable mathematicians who possess the following skills: productive dispositions; number sense; conceptual understanding; and problem-solving capabilities.

Even if you think you're not a math person, you're doing it every day. Quit running yourself down. We do not need to pass these insecurities on to the next generation. Why not teach students that they, like you, are indeed mathematicians already?

List of 9 teaching books publishing in 2026! Subjects include SEL, AI, advice & observations, math, multilingual learning, classroom design, leadership, LGBTQ+ students, and inclusive math.