That’s News To Me

A place to post news about me and my friends, and a place to find out where I am speaking next and how to contact me to visit with your school district, university, television program, radio podcast, etc.

Recent Posts:

More Good News: Middle School Students’ Scores Jump with Eureka Math (12/22/2016) - Students at a group of six New York city schools show significant improvement after the introduction of Eureka Math. Continue reading →
MSU is Tearing Down Obstacles to Science and Engineering Degrees (11/22/2016) - Michigan State University is leading the country in improving its beginning math courses for STEM and non-STEM majors. Go Spartans! Continue reading →
A little self-love? Blah… (11/11/2016) - On the big list of things to do, making a biography of myself is at the very bottom of the priority list.  It’s one of those things you eventually get roped into doing for other reasons.  I’ve finally created a short … Continue reading →
A Portrait of an Inspiring Teacher: Fred Reusch (4/6/2016) - Teachers: If you were asked to leave your profession to be an administrator or even to write a history-making curriculum, would you? Read about an awe-inspiring teacher and his decision. Continue reading →
The Washington Post: Many parents hated Common Core math at first, before figuring it out (2/7/2016) - Parents did not understand at first, but now they appreciate Eureka Math. Read the article by Jay Mathews. Continue reading →
Building the ⟨Sci|State⟩ Studio—a weekend in time lapse. (10/12/2015) - Watch how to build a sound/video stage with green screen and a light board at 15x speed. The studio is for videos like "Geometry and Topology Today." Continue reading →
Something fun: What it is like to be the son of Captain Derivative (10/7/2015) - Something Fun: Extra, Extra! Captain Derivative does polynomial interpolation, connects long lost data points together again. Continue reading →
Testing out the new Green Screen (Plus a bonus 14×16 calculation) (9/8/2015) - Which background screen should we use for Geometry and Topology Today? Take the poll! Continue reading →
An article on how Eureka Math began. (8/6/2015) - A nice article by Leigh Guidry on the creation of @Eureka_Math and how the math curriculum has helped raised student test results in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Continue reading →
Electric Girls: Shaping Role Models in Technology (8/5/2015) - Girls soldering, drilling, building circuits? Why, of course! Duh. Continue reading →
Eureka Math Curriculum: A Breakout Hit (6/29/2015) - Who are the real breakout hits behind the Eureka Math/EngageNY Curriculum? Continue reading →
In Memory of Dr. Dolores Margaret Richard Spikes (6/10/2015) - Thank you for your contributions to mathematics, Dr. Spikes. Continue reading →
A big NCTM thanks and next year’s talk (4/21/2015) - A big thanks to all the people who attended my NCTM talk, and a question: Would you like to see my daughter Autumn do some Eureka Math at next year's NCTM meeting? Continue reading →
I’m at the NCTM meeting this week and would like to meet you! (4/15/2015) - Want to talk the lead writer and mathematician of the Eureka Math/EngageNY curriculum? Here's your chance at the NCTM national meeting! Continue reading →
‘Eureka Math’ Embeds Real-World Problems in PreK-12 Mathematics Lessons (4/6/2015) - Find out what I think is a beautiful problem with an elegant solution by reading Jessica Hughes' article, "'Eureka Math' Embeds Real-World Problems in PreK-12 Mathematics Lessons," published at the Center for Digital Education. Continue reading →
Common Core, Eureka Math shake up Louisiana classrooms (3/31/2015) - Find out the difference between the Common Core State Standards and the Eureka Math Curriculum from Phil Daro and Lynne Munson in this article by Jessica Williams. Continue reading →
EdReports.org’s Review of Eureka Math (3/4/2015) - Only one curriculum stood out from the pack. Can you guess which one? Continue reading →
Meet some of the writers of Eureka Math (2/5/2015) - What I love about this short video is that it highlights three of the many talented teacher-writers that worked on Eureka Math with me. Continue reading →
Making Science Cool: Solving the Shortage of Math and Science Students (2/1/2015) - In 2011 I was invited by U.S. News and World Report to sit on a panel to discuss how to get students excited about STEM. Continue reading →
Singapore Math Adds up for US Teachers (1/30/2015) - A radio interview I did with Voice of America in 2010. Listen to two of my favorite teachers: Johnette Roberts and Gertie Walls! Continue reading →
Singapore Math Growing in Popularity (1/30/2015) - An interview with Kim Covington and 12 News from July 1, 2010. Continue reading →
Math Expert Dr. Scott Baldridge on “Singapore Math” (1/30/2015) - Watch one of my first television interviews. You can easily tell how nervous I am! Continue reading →