Perspective What makes a student council? Lessons from hosting a state convention by Trey Ferguson | March 29, 2017 Covered in their blue emergency ponchos, crossing over a slippery state seal outside the legislative building, nearly 600 students from...
Where do we go from here? The future of math education for our state by Trey Ferguson | February 3, 2017 Two days ago, I explained the development of our state’s standards. What I neglected to mention, was during the decade of...
What does it mean for math to be integrated? by Trey Ferguson | February 2, 2017 And why the coherence of an integrated curriculum across grade levels is important. “We did this last year,” one of my...
Our math is stronger than Common Core by Trey Ferguson | February 1, 2017 The history of standards development in North Carolina It was a little less than a week before the start of...
Perspective ESSA Title II: A unique opportunity for professional learning by Trey Ferguson | August 11, 2016 Teachers are asked every day, and evaluated annually, on the ways they are individualizing instruction for their students. Wake County...
Perspective Leadership lessons atop “the Hill” by Trey Ferguson | July 21, 2016 Every second week of July students come from across our state to the little town of Mars Hill for a...
Perspective HB 657: Connecting policy to the practice of teaching math in the classroom by Trey Ferguson | June 8, 2016 With sore feet propped up on my coffee table and a head reeling from the day’s activities, I am beginning...
Perspective The case for integrated math by Trey Ferguson | May 31, 2016 “Math is just math. There is only one right answer, so who cares how you get to it?” The way...
Featured Teacher leadership by Trey Ferguson | August 28, 2015 Teacher Leadership: A Partnership of School Need & Professional Elevation Teacher-leadership (TL) has morphed into a “buzz-word,” like “STEM” or...
Featured Taking control of my professional development by Trey Ferguson | August 27, 2015 With the launch of new academic year, teachers across the state will find new and innovative ways to better their instruction to...
Perspective Teaching to lead in North Carolina public schools by Trey Ferguson | June 23, 2015 At the 2014 Teaching & Learning conference, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced a new collaboration with the National...
Perspective Math teachers write letter to Academic Review Standards Commission by Trey Ferguson | June 15, 2015 Dear Members of the Academic Review Standards Commission, We appreciate your ongoing analysis of the Common Core state standards and...
