Mike Flynn

In this engaging discussion, Mike Flynn, an international math educator and founder of Flynn Education, shares his journey from hating math to advocating for deeper understanding. He emphasizes the importance of making mistakes and shifting focus from finding the right answer to fostering flexible thinking. Mike provides strategies to combat math anxiety and highlights how procedural teaching can create trauma. He encourages embracing math as a thinking process and suggests implementing Open Middle tasks to boost problem-solving skills.

Mike Flynn, President and CEO of Flynn Education and a former elementary teacher, teams up with Zak Champagne, Chief Content Officer and longtime teacher, for a lively debate over pizza slice styles. Mike champions triangular slices for their fairness and preservation of ‘goodness’, while Zak defends grid cuts for their crust preference convenience and waste reduction. The duo also shares engaging tips on using fun prompts to introduce debate structures in the classroom, turning something as simple as pizza into a learning tool!