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May 24, 2025

How were the Wright brothers, amateur tinkerers with no scientific credentials whatsoever and no financial support other than what they had managed to generate on their own, able to succeed where Samuel Pierpont Langley - the pre-eminent scientist with the...

May 14, 2025

Trying to guarantee equal outcomes for every student by readjusting advantages is guaranteed to only produce resentment. There’s simply no way to make such a system fair for everybody. What’s real equity? Equal access to educational opportunities and resources, of...

May 05, 2025

Both traditional and progressive approaches to math instruction still tend to operate on a one-size-fits-all model, with individual students being given little control over their level of math instruction, and with age - of all things - being the primary...

Apr 21, 2025

The uncertain future of the U.S. Department of Education is fanning fears of federal funding cuts. Pay no mind to all the huffing and puffing: here's how You Teach You, the first math method with “ample examples,” can dramatically improve...

Apr 07, 2025

It’s time to talk about the elephant in the classroom: the traditional model of math education where one teacher is responsible for way-too-many students. This system - though it’s rarely acknowledged - is an assembly line, and a malfunctioning one...

Oct 29, 2024

The science surrounding pre-worked examples and the need for deliberate practice with instantly accessible feedback has been settled for decades now. Let's use it at long last to rescue the countless students who would fall through the cracks otherwise - by...

Sep 12, 2024

Steve argues that the best way to learn new math content is to start with pre-worked examples, practice problems, and instant feedback and then move on to more complex tasks and open-ended projects.

Aug 01, 2024

Steve Hare, author of the You Teach You math series, offers insight on how to create self-instructional math activities based on pre-worked examples. If you want to know tips and tricks from the expert, this is a must read!