How is a Christian like a pickle? This is the question I use to start off each school year with my seventh graders. At first, the question feels like a joke, but it’s really the start of one of my favorite lessons on faith. When I first started teaching, I was called...
Prior to starting the school year in 2019, I spent a lot of time thinking about how I could help my students make meaningful connections to real world applications of math, while also building empathy. Implementing a project of this sort does not always lend itself to...