Middle and High School Math Teacher. Not using Twitter since Musk took over.
The Hague, Netherlands
Joined July 2011
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Nathaniel Highstein retweeted
As a people, we need to stop looking up to thugs & celebrities as role models. Maybe we need better leaders. Maybe it’s the stop snitching culture. All I know is that we must stop playing the victim & excusing criminal behavior
This tweet is about Donald Trump
And America
Nathaniel Highstein retweeted
As Orange County's Congresswoman, I condemn yesterday's decision—made during #PrideMonth, no less—by the Board of Supervisors to ban the Pride flag from being flown on county property. This month and every month, we should be lifting up our LGBTQ+ neighbors, not excluding them.
Nathaniel Highstein retweeted
It is shocking and appalling that we do not have a code of ethics for our Supreme Court. This blatant corruption cannot continue. Congress must serve as a check on the Court by passing legislation mandating an ethics code.
Harlan Crow paid the tuition of Justice Clarence Thomas's grandnephew the entire time he was a student at a private boarding school, a former administrator tells ProPublica. Thomas didn't report the payments on his annual financial disclosures.
propublica.org/article/clare…
Nathaniel Highstein retweeted
Paid leave and affordable child care make it possible for the best and brightest to stay in the workforce and succeed at the highest levels. Our global competitors invest in family policy because it's smart economic policy.
Nathaniel Highstein retweeted
"I believe in you."
With these personalized bookmarks, the right words of encouragement are never far away:
(Created by T @AlexisDBurnett, spotted by educator @serita_nicole) #TeacherTwitter
ALT Photograph of a laminated purple bookmark with the text "Hampton: Always remember you are an amazingly kind person with a great heart and kind words to share. Never forget to use your voice! I believe in you. – Ms. Burnett"
Nathaniel Highstein retweeted
Things that did _not_ kill kids today:
- a renaissance sculpture
- a film about Ruby Bridges
- drag queen story time
- the word ‘tampon’
- critical race theory
- woke banks
- saying that Rosa Parks was Black
- gender-affirming care
- ‘The Bluest Eye’
What did:
-an AR-f––ing-15
Nathaniel Highstein retweeted
The Spiral of Theodorus is formed by right-triangles with a height of 1 unit.
What’s mind blowing is that the rings formed each have the same area. 🤯
#mtbos #iteachmath – at Adelaide, South Australia
Nathaniel Highstein retweeted
"The science of math says that explicit instruction is the most effective way to teach."
This is true if "explicit" means teachers are explicit about what STUDENTS know, and work with that knowledge. Much less true if we mean teachers being explicit about what TEACHERS know.
Nathaniel Highstein retweeted
My lovely y7 students rocking Genius Hour! #proudTeacherMoment
Year 7s have been enjoying Genius Hour in their Maths lessons exploring topics of their choice and collaborating on presentations to the class @StJuliansMaths #StJuliansY7 #TheJoyOfLearning
Nathaniel Highstein retweeted
PLEASE SHARE/RETWEET: Why is teaching so difficult? What reasons surface to the top for you/colleagues?
I ask bc:
1. It is
2. Hoping we can help each other w targeted & real solutions
3. None of us is alone in our struggles, but fewer of these & more rewards would be nice! 🙏
Nathaniel Highstein retweeted
"No man needs to impersonate women to sexually assault women. Trans people do not put cisgender women at risk. It's wage inequality, women's care burden, and sexist male aggressors that put us at risk."
— Irene Montero, Spain's Minister of Equality
Nathaniel Highstein retweeted
I may have arrived at the weekend like this. But I made it. And so did you. xitter.cf/TheFigen_/status/15780…
Nathaniel Highstein retweeted
One thing Grandin got right: advanced algebra is currently a requirement for too many educational and career goals that have nothing to do with advanced algebra.
Wrong, though: the idea that algebra has no use for visuals.
danmeyer.substack.com/p/agai…