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High School math teacher blog. A really worthwhile read for all math teachers, especially secondary! Teacher Dan Meyer takes on/challenges/addresses many classroom math content issues. Offers and critiques ideas.

"Girls should play more video games. That's one of the unexpected lessons [author] takes away from a rash of recent studies on the importance of-and the malleability of-spatial skills."

"A large majority of middle school math teachers say the common core is more rigorous than their state's prior mathematics standards. At the same time, most teachers reported receiving fewer than 20 hours of professional development over the past year related to the common core, according to the new study."

"For those parents and teachers looking for apps for middle-schoolers, check out the five apps below that feature everything from Mayan numbers to cracking secret codes."

"Marilyn Burns developed the concept of a Math Menu, described in a book that saved me when I began teaching and math was my weakest subject: About Teaching Mathematics."

"Khan Academy, the nonprofit organization that offers free tutorials on the Web, has introduced a new feature that lets users track their progress toward "mastering" various mathematics concepts."