Author Archives: Bill McCallum

Here is a video of Phil Daro calling for a change in classroom habits of how we teach students to solve problems. Great quote, from Phil’s daughter: “Daddy, I don’t have time to understand it, I just want to get … Continue reading →

If you have general questions about the standards, ask them in a comment on this post. I can’t guarantee being able to answer all of them quickly, but by now there is a fairly large community of readers of this … Continue reading →

Some of you may have noticed this already, but we have just gone live with a major redesign of the Illustrative Mathematics website. Take a look and let us know what you think. In addition to the new look, we … Continue reading →

Here is a suggested arrangement of the high school standards into courses, developed with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Pearson Foundation, by a group of people including Patrick Callahan and Brad Findell. I haven’t looked … Continue reading →

Our master geeks have been working day and night the last few weeks to bring you some improvements to illustrativemathematics.org. A lot of these improvements are behind-the-scenes, but there are two that are particularly worth mentioning: 1. Registered users can … Continue reading →

Phil Daro, Bill McCallum, Jason Zimba You have just purchased an expensive Grecian urn and asked the dealer to ship it to your house. He picks up a hammer, shatters it into pieces, and explains that he will send one … Continue reading →

Roger Howe, a mathematician at Yale University who has thought a lot about elementary school mathematics education, has written Three Pillars of First Grade Mathematics, in which he expands on the CCSS Grade 1 mathematics standards. It’s well worth a … Continue reading →

Student Achievement Partners has launched a major new initiative to help with implementation of the Common Core State Standards in both Mathematics and English Language Arts. Their website, achievethecore.org, already has some good resources, and no doubt will grow. Student … Continue reading →

The Institute for Mathematics & Education is holding a 2 1/2 day workshop for leaders implementing professional development on CCSS. I will be helping to run the workshop. I know this is short notice, but we have had a lot … Continue reading →