Seventh-grade students standing at Vertical Non-Permanent Surfaces (VNPSs), working collaboratively on percent error tasks, exhibiting puzzlement yet persevering, is what was taking place in my classroom on an early spring day.
This school year, teachers throughout the country are implementing CPM’s new curriculum Inspiring Connections.
“At first, I was just excited to be able to present and to make some professional connections.”
October 20, 1968. Mexico City. Dick Fosbury, a gangly civil engineering student described by the press as a two-legged camel wearing mismatched running shoes, easily set a new Olympic record in the high jump.
Each of the standards for mathematical practice begins with the words, “Mathematically proficient students will”, not “Teachers will.”
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