larkincallaghan:

Great graphic showing the number of hours needed to work at minimum wage to cover health inusrance and tuition, comparing 1979/1980 to 2020/2011. Via @ThinkProgress

Fascinating

Wherein I share my teaching philosophy just to be transparent 

This looks awesome!

mrempey:

Awesome idea!!!

markct:

So here are some pictures of my planet facebook project.

I gave them the template and had them transfer it to the poster. Took about three 45 minute periods to complete (with presentations)

Big things I was looking for were:

-About me section was completely filled…

This is intriguing — I have always found Blackboard limiting. 

A great essay by a… 16-year-old!

Probably by state is too big a chunk — rural areas everywhere likely slower than urban

mrempey:

thingumbobesq:

Is astrology scientific?

Chart 1 is U.S. respondents without a high school degree

Chart 2 is U.S. respondents with a Bachelors

I’m most worried about the 22% in the second chart…somebody wasted big bucks on their education.

agreed!

A great little prod from my friend Sean Reagan on how to get yourself to write. Enjoy!  

A thought-provoking TED talk from Arthur Benjamin on the need to emphasize statistics over calculus in secondary math education. Not sure if it should be a replacement, but definitely need to emphasize. What do you think?