Autonomous Learning Behaviors Vs. Learned Helplessness: What’s Gender Got to Do with It? Part II
Kenny, an 11th grader at a school where I am the academic director, is struggling universally in all his classes. The school which Kenny...
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How Great Female Math Teaching Creates a More Just Society
**By Bill Davidson Guest Blogger “I’m going to project two problems that I’d like you to solve on a piece of scrap paper,” I said,...
The Writing on the Wall: Creating Greater Gender Equity through Classroom RE-Design Part I
When I started working for the first time as an educational leader in a school with an elementary level program, I realized quickly that...
Understanding Mediators and Gender Assumptions: Focusing on the Sin not the Sinner
Students want you to know who they are as individuals and they desperately want to seamlessly meld into the crowd, unnoticed and left...
Education and Dissonance: The Gordian Knot
Potentially the greatest challenge in education is how do you understand the mind of someone who is learning something for the first...
Barbara Wagner and “Macho” Education
Everyone is a giddy fan of someone. Some people have Arianna Grande or Bono, some have Venus Williams or Lebron James. Me? I have...
The Myth of my "Fuzzy" Brain: Access and Confidence for Girls in STEM
Guest Blogger: Alisha Pedowitz I remember exactly when it was that I realized that my brain just isn’t wired for math: 10th grade Algebra...
Cardboard Cutouts and Humanizing Assessment
For three years, Chris, a very thoughtful and committed science teacher, and I conducted an informal experiment during one of the most...
What Does It Mean to be a Teacher of Math?(Just Meet Daphne Orenshein)
On Saturdays, Daphne walks. She does not do it alone. She has a group of friends who get on their working shoes and do their power walk....
Stereotype Threat: Definitely for Girls, Also for Boys
Stereotype threat is real. The discussion about stereotyping is a strange one because we often spend an inordinate amount of time...
Talking to your Daughters about Math
Here’s what you should talk about when you talk to your daughters about math. 1) Tell them that hard work matters the most. No one is...
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Jason is flexible and attentive, yet remains committed to his high expectations of my work in tackling tough situations and tasks. With a sense of humor and compassion for the rigor of a leadership position, he knows how to guide me with just the right amount of productive stress. I appreciate that.
Daphne Orenshein - Elementary School Principal: Hillel Hebrew Academy