Susan Carriker
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Retired Math Teacher | #EdTech | #inquiry | #iteachmath | #MTBoS | http://youtube.com/@susancarriker TechKnowMath.com
Texas is poised to replace STAAR. Here is what schools’ new standardized tests would look like. share.google/WAsGAQGDcNHa... #EduSky
Texas is poised to replace STAAR. Here is what schools’ new standardized tests would look like.
A bill scrapping the state’s standardized test heads over to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. It would replace STAAR with three shorter tests at the beginning, middle and end of the year.
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No more blue ribbon schools. #EduSky search.app/7jJWU
Ribbon-cutting: Trump administration abruptly ends National Blue Ribbon Schools program
Many schools took enormous pride in receiving federal Blue Ribbon recognition, which began under President Ronald Reagan. A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Education said ending the program wo...
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...solitude can boost creativity by offering space for ideas to flourish. Whether it's writing, playing the piano, painting, gardening, praying, or meditating, being alone is often what the brain needs to perform these activities well. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/23/n... #EduSky #iTeachMath
Neuroscientist: The No. 1 trait of highly intelligent people, including Bill Gates and Leonardo da Vinci—it's not about IQ
What separates some of the world's most successful people from everyone else? Neuroscientist Joseph Jebelli says it involves how they spend their free time. He shares examples from Bill Gates and Leon...
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The 'gender gap' in math is not innate — something about school drives it | Live Science share.google/0aom4ThvrU41... #EduSky #iTeachMath
Study confirms there's no innate difference in aptitude between boys and girls in math
A new study of schoolchildren in France suggests that boys are not innately better at math. Some aspect of schooling appears to drive the "gender gap."
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My research indicates when teachers are consistently asked to compromise their ethics, they don’t just burn out, they question the integrity of the entire system. theconversation.com/it-feels-lik... #EduSky #iteachmath
‘It feels like I am being forced to harm a child’: research shows how teachers are suffering moral injury
In a study of 57 Australian teachers, many shared emotionally-charged accounts of being put in impossible situations at work.
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"Exploring mathematical reasoning, strategies, and real-world applications is essential—but those things can’t happen without conceptual understanding" #EduSky #iTeachMath www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
Math Mastery Starts With a Deep Understanding of Key Concepts (Opinion)
Students must have conceptual understanding to develop strong math skills, says this letter to the editor.
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"...nearly 87% of colleges believe curriculum strength to be of “moderate” or “considerable” importance for admissions decisions, compared to 56% for the infamous college essay and just 30% for SAT and ACT scores." www.forbes.com/sites/michae... #iteachmath #EduSky
How To Choose High School Math Courses
Not sure whether to take AP Calculus or AP Statistics? Learn how your high school math choice can impact college admissions, majors, and future earnings.
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An awesome rich task for a geometry or Pre-Cal class. What an interesting problem 😊 #iTeachMath #EduSky youtu.be/FUHkTs-Ipfg?...
The SAT Question Everyone Got Wrong
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Is this school a flash in the pan or wave of the future? #iTeachMath #EduSky #ai www.newsweek.com/alpha-school...
A chain of private schools replaced teachers with AI. This is what happened
Alpha School in Brownsville, Texas, promises to deliver a full day's worth of instruction in just two hours with AI tutors. So far, the results are startling.
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Remember, the AP Calculus exams will be hybrid. The multiple choice sections will be digital only and answers to free response use the traditional paper format. #Edusky #ITeachMath apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-c....
AP Calculus AB Exam – AP Central | College Board
Teachers: Explore timing and format for the AP Calculus AB Exam. Review sample questions, scoring guidelines, and sample student responses.
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AP exams are coming soon! Now is a good time to pull out those FRQs for your Pre-AP classes. These questions were inspired by the 2024 AP Calculus exams. Also, check out the Alg 1 and Alg 2 versions 🙂 www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/TPC-... #iTeachMath #EduSky
TPC Geometry 2024 FRQ Bundle
This Geometry free response question series is inspired by the 2024 AP® Calculus AB released Free Response Questions 1-6.The questions include these concepts:equations of circlespiecewise functionsarc...
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The 'world's slowest experiment,' going for nearly 100 years, is still endlessly fascinating - - - I think I want to add this one to the data analysis unit in Algebra 1 🥰 #iTeachMath #eduSky search.app/zymNc
The 'world's slowest experiment,' going for nearly 100 years, is still endlessly fascinating
It takes nearly a decade for one drop of this liquid to fall.
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Children of parents with math anxiety did less well in math. #EduSky #iTeachMath phys.org/news/2025-04...
Parents' fear of math linked to lower achievement in children
Mathematics anxiety is a feeling of tension and fear when dealing with numbers or performing calculations. It is a common form of academic anxiety: according to an OECD report, around 40% of students ...
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Mississippi School for Math and Science may be moving to Mississippi State University 🙂 #EduSky www.clarionledger.com/story/news/l...
Mississippi Board of Education recommends School for Mathematics and Science move. See where
If the Mississippi Legislature approves, students at MSMS will be going to Mississippi State University, beginning in 2026, on MDE board approval.
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“Some of the best math teachers I know had difficult experiences in their schooling. But now, they get to be the math teacher they needed as a child" #EduSky #iteachmath news.fullerton.edu/2025/03/educ...
Educator Empowers Students to Become the Math Teachers They Needed
Math educator Mallika Scott teaches future teachers how to navigate the challenges of teaching mathematics to young students.
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"...some high schools that once pushed nearly all students toward four-year colleges are now guiding teenagers toward a wider range of choices, including trade schools, apprenticeships, two-year degrees or the military" #EduSky www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
Why Some Schools Are Rethinking ‘College for All’
The idea that every student should aim for a four-year college motivated a bipartisan movement for decades. Now even enthusiastic promoters of the idea are reconsidering it.
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"States and districts are adopting more high-quality curricular materials, but prep programs are not showing new teachers how to use them" #EduSky www.the74million.org/article/teac...
Teacher Preparation Needs to Catch Up with School Reform
Kaufman: States and districts are adopting more high-quality curricular materials, but prep programs are not showing new teachers how to use them.
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I'm listening to Learning Unboxed | 263. Designing with Kids, Not for Kids with Dave Hersh on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ea/dir-9wurb... #EduSky
263. Designing with Kids, Not for Kids with Dave Hersh
In this episode of Learning Unboxed, we’re joined by Dave Hersh, the CEO of InTandem, a groundbreaking organization connecting youth voices with industries to improve products, programs, and services....
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New research from authors at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University finds that leaning too much on tools such as ChatGPT is associated with weaker critical thinking. #EduSky fortune.com/2025/02/11/a...
AI might already be warping our brains, leaving our judgment and critical thinking 'atrophied and unprepared,' warns new study
Silicon Valley and the Trump administration are embracing AI, but the technology has troubling implications for critical thinking, according to a new Microsoft study.
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"More than 2.4 million students came to college last fall for certificates or “nondegree” credentials, part of a shift in consumer and employer demand for “just-in-time” learning" #EduSky hechingerreport.org/opinion-we-m...
OPINION: It is time to expand the definition of college to include other high-quality pathways
It is time to expand the definition of college to include other high-quality pathways beyond the four-year degree. Here are five ways for colleges to give students more of what they want and what our ...
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"The number of 18-year-olds graduating from high school each year — the primary pool of college applicants — will decline by 13%, or half a million students, by 2041" #EduSky www.forbes.com/sites/scottw...
The Enrollment Cliff: How Fewer Applicants Are Reshaping Higher Education
The so-called "enrollment cliff" — a sharp decline in the number of traditional college-aged students — is no longer a distant threat.
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"Our results reveal that parental math anxiety does impact children's math outcomes, even when differences in parental education are taken into account" #EduSky #iTeachMath phys.org/news/2025-02...
Parents' math anxiety linked to lower numeracy skills in children
New research findings reveal that parents' anxiety about mathematics can have a negative impact on their children's early numeracy skills, influencing their performance in the subject as they progress...
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"Just 10 years ago, 94% of students had either landed work or went into further education in the one year after graduating according to data from the U.K. Department for Education. In 2024, just 59% of grads had full-time jobs 15 months after graduating." #EduSky fortune.com/2025/02/02/g...
Gen Z grad says being unemployed is ‘harder than a 9-5’ because ‘most workers would have a breakdown' dealing with the admin—he’s among the NEET men frozen out of the workforce
College-educated Gen Z men are watching their careers derail before they’ve even started.
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"HR leaders are tired of hiring recent graduates who can’t yet function well in the workplace—and they’re placing the blame squarely on the shoulders of colleges" www.forbes.com/sites/markcp... #EduSky
New Data Reveals Just How Deep The College Crisis Goes
Colleges are closing at alarming rates as financial woes, Gen Z’s shift in attitudes, and workforce gaps expose the depth of the college crisis.
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"Instead of leaving education entirely, teachers should be empowered to fix the very things that frustrate them" www.forbes.com/sites/lilyjo... #EduSky #iTeachMath
Want To Solve The Teacher Shortage? Tell Teachers They Don’t Have To Stay In The Classroom Forever
To solve the teacher shortage, we need to redefine the teaching profession. This starts by respecting and empowering teachers as the education experts they are.
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I love @mathmedic.bsky.social activity on the CLT. I love the visuals the kids made! #iteachmath #mtbos
And they said we'd never need Algebra 😂 #iteachmath #EduSky www.timesunion.com/education/ar...
New York Education Department will now calculate chronic absenteeism using algebra
Each school’s easily understood percentage of chronically absent students will be replaced by a three-digit “attendance index” that uses an algebraic equation.
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Teachers need fewer tasks. Adding tech onto an already full plate is not helpful #EduSky gizmodo.com/technology-i...
Technology Is Supposed to Decrease Teacher Burnout—It Can Sometimes Make It Worse
Asking teachers to adopt new tools without removing old requirements is a recipe for burnout.
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A student's voice. In spite of all the tools we have created to "build community", it seems we have built a generation of lonely people 😐 #EduSky www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
America is facing an epidemic of loneliness. I can relate.
Post-COVID, fostering new friendships was incredibly hard for me.
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