Equity

Ayanna Perry’s article Plotting your status: An equity strategy was recently published in the MTLT journal. This article invites teachers to plot their status, using a Desmos activity, to support reflection on their classroom practice.

This unit uses the phenomenon of the food industry and the driving question “How does nitrogen fertilizer for blueberry crops impact life on Earth?” As students interrogate the stakeholders and impacts of using food crop fertilizers, they will also learn about stoichiometry and the basics of chemical reactions.

The Knowles Teacher Initiative Evolution of Doing Resource helps educators reflect on how their notions of what it means to “do” math or science evolve. This tool supports teachers in considering how these evolving ideas shape the opportunities they create for students to engage meaningfully as doers of the discipline.

Michaelrose reflects on her experiences receiving feedback and how they shaped that way she gives feedback to her students.

Many lessons look smooth and engaging—but beneath the surface, who’s really doing the thinking? This post explores how one teacher learned to shift from polished, teacher-driven lessons to tasks that invite students to grapple, make meaning, and do the real work of learning through productive struggle.