180 Days Education

The goal is to help prepare students for the "real world" through problem-solving and skills that support their own communities. Chadd shares his journey of how Mathkind came about and then talks about the work that has been happening, sharing stories that inspire.

If you are interested in how education is being impacted around the world or even in becoming a volunteer for MathKind, be sure to listen.

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Links to Resources Mentioned in this episode:

1. Chadd McGlone
2. Chadd's Twitter: @cwmcglone
3. Mathkind
4. Twitter: @mathkindglobal
5. Facebook: Mathkind
6. Discovery Mathematics
7. James Garfield’s proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
8. Carol Malloy
9. Global Math Stories
10. Teacher Trips
11. Steve Leinwand
12. Linda Gojack
13. Master Classes
14. Conferences
15. Math4AntiRacism
16. Girls STEM program
17. Mathkind Team of Educators and Leaders
18. Principles to Action
19. Pao Costillo
20. Donate!
21. Berkeley Everett
22. Twitter: @berkelyeverett 
23. TODOS Math for All

Steve Leinwand is a principal researcher at the American Institute for Research and a renowned math education change agent with a contagious enthusiasm for what IS possible in mathematics.

He joins Tim and Karen for an informative and powerful discussion around rethinking the traditional math trajectory in high school mathematics. Steve discusses the focus of his and Eric Milou’s new book, Invigorating High School Math: Practical Guidance for Long Overdue Transformation, which provides a guide for ‘detracking’ math education in order to provide more opportunities and relevant course pathways for all students.

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Tim and Karen are joined by Karim Ani, founder of Citizen Math (formerly known as Mathalicious) and author of, “Dear Citizen Math: How Math Class Can Inspire a More Rational and Respectful Society”.

Karim discusses the importance of mathematics in our world, and why we should be helping students become problem-solvers so that they develop the essential critical thinking skills needed to analyze, discuss and solve the issues facing our world.

To learn more and for full show notes with links to resources mentioned, please visit https://www.180days.education/post/podcast-season-3-episode-3.

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Karen and Tim speak to Dr. Greg Hessee. Greg shares perspectives on the current state of AP courses and the issues around access to AP opportunities for all students, not just a select few. Selection and placement into AP courses has been historically racist, and Greg discusses initiatives and ways to make access to AP courses more equitable and prevalent in schools and how to help schools and districts build a more robust AP program.   He is currently a teacher at the same school as Tim, Colegio Nueva Granada in Bogota, Columbia, where he is also the Advanced Placement (AP) coordinator. Greg is an English teacher as well as the AP coordinator, was formerly the Program Director of the Colorado Legacy Schools Initiative, and has been a teacher and school leader in urban schools throughout the U.S., including New York, Austin, and Denver. 

To learn more and for full show notes with links to resources mentioned, please visit https://www.180days.education/post/podcast-season-3-episode-2.

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James has an interesting career trajectory. He started as a math teacher, went into administration, then worked at Apple Computers as an analyst, programmer and lead, then as the VP of Professional Development and Marketing at Key Curriculum (where Tim and Karen worked with him), to STEM Director at San Francisco Unified School District.

His current role as Executive Director for OpenSciEd has him using all his vast experiences to build partnerships and revenue streams to support the creation and spread of science materials that align and support the Next Generation Science Standards. In this episode, James talks about OpenSciEd, development of the curriculum, successes and struggles, the mission/vision of getting quality science curriculum and materials into the hands of all students.

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To learn more and for full show notes with links to resources mentioned, please visit https://www.180days.education/podcast.

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Michael Greenlee and Tracey Ramirez are both Professional Learning Facilitators at the K-12 Mathematics and Science, K-12 Services, at the Dana Center. Michael and Tracey work with teachers and school leadership, and collaborate with districts and states to address specific concerns at a system level to foster equity and access for all students, with particular emphasis at the elementary level. They provide professional learning experiences on instructional leadership, high-leverage teaching practices, and relevant student learning practices. 

They share about The Charles A. Dana Center’s role in supporting systemic change in mathematics and science teaching at the elementary level. They discuss the work they do with teachers and the challenges of creating systemic education change. They share their own personal experiences as teachers and how that helps in their work as facilitators, and share strategies and experiences that provide insight into how important research-based professional learning is to systemic educational change.

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The University of Texas at Austin Charles A. Dana Center is a renowned research-based organization that has worked for almost 30 years to develop and deliver math and science curriculum and professional learning that supports educators and students from K-16, to ensure equitable access to excellent education. Dr. Shelly LeDoux is the Interim Manager of K-12 Services for the Dana Center, and Jacqueline Le Jeune is a Professional Learning Facilitator on the K-12 Leadership team at the Dana Center. Shelly and Jacqueline work with teachers and school leadership, and collaborate with districts and states to address specific concerns at a system level to foster equity and access for all students. They provide professional learning experiences on instructional leadership, high-leverage teaching practices, and relevant student learning practices.

In this episode, Shelly and Jackie share about The Charles A. Dana Center’s role in supporting systemic change in mathematics and science teaching. They discuss the work they do with educational leaders and the challenges of creating systemic education change. They also share strategies and experiences that provide insight into how important research-based professional learning is to systemic educational change.

Ms. Ginsberg shares her reasons for founding CELF in 2003, and how that work has influenced policy and curriculum in the schools and districts. She shares case studies and the importance of communities working together to really help focus on environmental sustainability. Her foundation's work with schools is designed to support teachers where they are, using their own curriculum and standards, but changing the lens to focus on how you can incorporate sustainability concepts into what is already being taught.

For 180 Days Podcast listeners CELF is offering a special 50% off registration fees discount for their annual Summer Institues(https://celfeducation.org/our-programs/annual-summer-institute/). Use code “180DAYS”(all caps!) at checkout.

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Tabitha shares her arts-based research approach as a way of communicating findings, through plays and comics. She launched the Urban Education Program at The College of New Jersey, which is focused on recognizing and responding to conditions that contribute to inequalities in schools. Through first-hand experience, she talks through teacher education and preparing pre-service teachers for the reality of teaching, particularly in high-needs urban districts. She shares her ideas on what areas of education need to be completely overhauled, and her journey to running for her local School Board. Tabitha’s experience of the political process—the stress of running for the first time, the vulnerability of going door-to-door to ask strangers(potential voters) for money, trying to be bipartisan in a very partisan time—offers us a behind the scenes look into processes that guide what teachers in a district’s classrooms can do.

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Patrick talks in-depth about what a ‘good curriculum’ is and why it’s so important for teachers to have a good curriculum that “provides the impotence for great lessons even if it can’t provide everything that the teacher needs”. He discusses the team effort behind creating educational resources that are consistent and aligned and compares these to open-education resources. He shares ‘the joy, the wonder, and the beauty of mathematics” that comes from working hands-on with learning.

Dr. Sullivan is also a digital author for McGraw-Hill Education. He shares his experiences as a professor and curriculum developer, around creating content for anatomy and physiology courses, and how this has evolved over the years.

He talks about the digital tools and resources that he has used and helped develop over a decade, and how his experiences teaching online for years have made it easy for him to transition and support students and other educators during this time of Covid and distance learning. He shares strategies and provides some great insight into the impact of Covid both on his own instruction, but particularly on the struggles and challenges facing community college students.

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Karen worked with Pam last summer on an Equity in Education Webinar, in partnership with Casio Education and TODOS Math for All, where Dr. Seda shared her “ICUCAREr” framework and talked about making mathematics a more equitable experience for all students to be successful, and thought it would be beneficial for you to have Dr. Seda join us and share more about her framework and her diverse teaching experiences that support equity in education.

The 7 parts of her I.C.U.C.A.R.E framework represent the seven principles for equity pedagogy:

• Include others as experts
• (be) Critically Conscious
• Understand your students well
• (use) Culturally relevant curricula
• Assess, Active and build on prior knowledge
• Release control
• Expect more

Dr. Seda explores each of the 7 principles in-depth with us and shares both examples and stories of how these principles promote the learning and teaching of mathematics from an equitable approach.

Some of the themes that emerged in our conversation were understanding your students, allowing students to be ‘experts’, and building an environment so that students are free to learn on their own and discover mathematics.

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Karen worked with Olga last summer on an Equity in Education Webinar, in partnership with Casio Education and TODOS Math for All, where Olga shared her “Rights of the Learner” framework and talked about rehumanizing the math classroom, so though it would be a wonderful experience to have Olga join us and to share more about her framework and her diverse teaching experiences that support equity in education.

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Karen Cowe is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Ten Strands and the Project Director of the California Environmental Literacy Initiative. She has dedicated her experience and efforts to create and promote environmental literacy throughout California by building partnerships and strategies to provide access to high-quality education with an environmental component. She is an education-industry executive with over 30 years of experience in sales & fund development, marketing, program design, professional learning, business development, and operations.

For full show notes and to learn more about Karen Cowe and Ten Strands please visit: 180days.education

Ken is an educator with over 20 years of experience, with a specialization in Educational Technology. He is an Apple Distinguished Educator and a Google Certified Innovator as well as the ISTE Digital Equity PLN 2018 Excellence Award winner. Ken leads educational workshops that focus on a wide variety of topics, including Educational Technology, equity, inclusion, Multimedia Literacy, Cultural Relevance, Visual Storytelling and Instructional Design. 

Links to resources that were mentioned during the interview:

1. Ken’s website
2. Ken’s Twitter
3. The show 90210
4. Freakonomics (Steven Levitt) 
5. Whistling Vivaldi (Dr. Claude Steele)
6. The Dunning-Kruger Effect 

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Anne Marie has been an educator for 32 years (wow!!). She has taught at various elementary schools at the 5th and 6th-grade levels, not to mention a short stint as an Elementary Guidance Counselor. She shares with us her personal experiences with how teaching, learning, and ‘school’ in general have been impacted by the Covid19 pandemic.

Schools around the country have opened in various ways – remote, hybrid, face-to-face, asynchronous, synchronous – the list is long. Anne Marie shares the different ways her school has structured teaching/learning and the various challenges she, her students, and her colleagues have had to navigate together. 

1. Google Classroom
2. Google Forms
3. GoGuardian
4. NearPod
5. EdTube 
6. BrainPop
7. Kahoot

**UPDATE: Since this episode was recorded in December 2020, since then Anne Marie made the decision to retire early (effective January 2021) due to her concerns for her safety and health, the enormous amount of pressure, extra work, and the stress of having to go back to full face-to-face teaching despite a rise in Covid19. Thank you, Anne Marie for your years of teaching!!

Supporting teachers as they are struggling with moving from face-to-face teaching to online teaching is a huge issue facing many education leaders. Ish shares strategies to help teachers develop relationships with their students even when they cannot ‘see’ them virtually. He talks about coaching cycles and conversations with teachers to help them engage students, create better assessments, and new ways of thinking about content and helping teachers become more reflective.

There are several resources/tools mentioned throughout the podcast episode. The links to these are provided below.

Resources Mentioned:

ClassKick – tool to allow you to create collaborative work, see students work, and give feedback.

ClassPad.net – a free, dynamic math tool that provides all-in-one ability to demonstrate, create, see all math, and share activities with students.

Danielson Rubric – A framework for teaching (4 domains)

GoGuardian – tool to manage schools 1:1 technology.

NearPod – A tool to make your lessons interactive (media, assessments, lessons)

PearDeck – a google slides support that lets you transform your presentations into classroom conversations.

Rubric Suggestions for Standards Based Grading