This entire blog is about the question in the image that I shared with Ola Sarota — a 13 year-old girl, currently in living in Portugal…

There is some sweet sadness about arriving late(I am 61) in terms of finding your voice and purpose. While it’s definitely at the backend…

One of the largest state math conferences, CAMT in Texas, is ending today. The first test to see if the title of this blog is provocative…

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The underground legacy of Black Sabbath glaringly absent from Back To The Beginning –a tribute that celebrated fame but overlooked the true heirs of Doom Metal

One of the gifts that mathematics has given me, especially this stage of my life(I am 61), is that I really don't know that much at all when it comes to mathematics. In the ultra-competitive world of ...

I quit teaching in 2013 because I couldn't even have autonomy to fix my own classroom--boring curriculum, constant testing, useless professional development, and dehumanizing goals. So those who are p...

You would be naive and terribly misguided as an educator to have the answer to that question wrapped in words like joy, wonder, awe, creativity, magical, inspirational, humanizing, uplifting, celebrat...

Mathematics education is failing globally. Test scores are falling everywhere for reasons that are not being addressed--they just don't care anymore.

This entire article was inspired by my conversation with Raelene Gibson, a passionate and brilliant math educator in Qatar. She was also one of my last invitees to this Fall's Global Math Summit in Sa...

I'm an  award-winning  teacher in Atlanta with experience teaching at every level from elementary school to college.  I made this website to share ideas, stories, and resources from my teaching...

Mathematics education was doomed to fail because it has been insulated by so many institutional bubbles and poor adaptability to societal realities--conservative education, narrow vision/understanding...

On October 1, 2025, former US Olympiad Math Coach Po-Shen Loh will be speaking at The Global Math Summit in Sardinia, Italy--to a public audience. Without knowing what he will talk about, I am 100% su...

Mathematics education is a monopoly. I would even say it’s a bit of Ponzi scheme. I can say all these things comfortably because the…

I have spent my post-classroom career in the area of mathematics history and storytelling. That's over ten years.

September, 1998. First day of school. I arrived early at Riverdale Collegiate. My new school. The previous year, I was at Western Tech…

My daughter wrote this last evening, sitting on her bed, listening to music. Needless to say, my eyes welled up instantly — and stayed…

Mathematics education is dead.

Explore the transformative Global Math Summit 2025, connecting educators, researchers, and pioneers in math education to inspire and innovate teaching practices worldwide.

When I started tutoring Amoret Lyon — who nows lives in Frascatti, Italy — there was no plan to write a book. There was definitely no plan…

I just came back from the best conference of my life. It wasn’t a math one. It was a Mental Health Summit in beautiful Banff, Alberta.

The scene is easy to read: The strawberry, in all its glory — aromatically sweet, tart on the tongue, maybe even a bit leafy — is the…

When I started teaching in the 90’s, I don’t think I ever came across the word “pedagogy”. Sure, at Teacher’s College it was worshipped…

When I started teaching in the 90’s, I don’t think I ever came across it in my teaching. Sure, at Teacher’s College it was worshipped like…

Sonic Seducer Sunil's eloquent exploration of heavy rock offers a unique perspective on the music we love and his fervent passion for it.

Divorce. Quitting Teaching. Failed Business Partnerships. Losing a Math Store/School to a Fire. Financial Ruin/Struggle.