Math on the Rocks Ep 47 - Tim Weekes gets us thinking about opportunity gaps
Tim Weekes is our guest for this webinar. Tim gets us thinking about reframing the Achievement Gap as really being an Opportunity Gap. Listen to this episode…Tim's ideas will live rent-free in your mind for some time!
RESOURCES…
✚ ARTICLE: Opportunities Denied - High-Achieving Black And Latino Students Lack Access to Advanced Math
https://edtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Advanced-Math-V9.pdf
✚ ARTICLE: Advanced High School Math Classes a Game Changer, But Not All High Achievers Have Access
✚ ARTICLE: Mathematics teacher specialization in elementary schools https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1426413.pdf
But it is not clear whether specialization improves student achievement…
✚ ARTICLE: Subject-Area Specialization in North Carolina Elementary Schools
https://epic.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1268/2021/08/EPIC-Specialization-R2_FINAL.pdf
✚ Here is the flyer for our long-awaited P2 Conference!! https://tinyurl.com/P2ConferenceFlyer
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✚ Register for CMC Central P-2 Conference on August 2, 2025. It is for day care teachers through grade 2:
[COMING SOON!!...Probably in June, 2025]
✚ CMC-South Annual Conference - November 7-8, 2025 https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-south-conference
✚ CMC-North Annual Conference - December 5-7, 2025 https://www.cmcmath.org/asilomar
✚ CMC-Central Annual Symposium - March 13-14, 2026 https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central-symposium
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