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More than fifty private schools shut since Labour put VAT on fees Department for Education defends ending tax breaks for independent institutions, after parents lost a legal battle at the High Court this year — view map

The headline here should say:

"Number of private schools increases by 35 - showing fears of an exodus to be unfounded".

(The increase is mentioned way down the article.)

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❌ A trust has said plans for students at one of its schools to be taught by a virtual teacher hundreds of miles away is 'not a blanket solution'
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Where Pi Equals 4 and Circles Aren’t Round (Gift Article) In the world of taxicab geometry, even the Pythagorean theorem takes a back seat.

If you missed my New York Times series, "Math, Revealed", here are free gift links to it -- no paywall 🕺

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Should this cartoon by @endangeredcomic be counted as a #badgeographyjoke?

Summer Classics - Articles From the Archives The twelve articles below have been made free for a month. Share with your colleagues.

MT Summer Classics - Articles from the Archive.

Twelve classic MT articles from 1959 through to 2023 have been made available for everyone’s summer reading ☀️

These will be available to all for the next month. bit.ly/4kQncy6

BIG NEWS! @darrenmacey.bsky.social and I have a podcast out and we are so excited to tell you about it! We, as education researchers, decided it was high time we gave ourselves a cast-iron reason (and no more excuses) to read some new books about education & review them on behalf of busy teachers..

I was teaching 8th grade math when Tom Lehrer released the album with New Math. I played the song at back-to-school night. (I was required to teach new math with the SMSG materials.)Tom Lehrer was a wonder.

Photo of Tom Lehrer

My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.

#MathsUntangle Week 10, another gozinta....
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Enjoy this square rolling in a square

Here's the penalty shootout maths that #LucyBronze was talking about: robeastaway.com/blog/penalty...

When an old colleague is having a clear out and offers you a few books…
What a great parcel to come home to!

Equivalent Fractions Checkpoint https://www.ncetm.org.uk/classroom-resources/checkpoints/

Equivalent Fractions - @ncetm.bsky.social Checkpoint

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So many of the NCETM Checkpoints belong in this collection. This one is probably my favourite though.

And now @yorkshire-steve.bsky.social is starting to share the thinking behind Ofsted’s Co-ordinating Mathematical Success report

It’s great to be with senior leaders from across the @jurassicmaths.bsky.social and @codemathshub.bsky.social, region coming together to consider evidence based practice with @catscutt.bsky.social

A key message for me from Steve is about *deliberate* common understanding across all teachers in a department. I have a colleague who refers to a ‘departmental classroom’ which I think is a nice way to describe this.

Great to have Steve Wren speaking to maths subject leads from the @jurassicmaths.bsky.social and @codemathshub.bsky.social region

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The Joint Mathematical Council of the UK | LinkedIn The Joint Mathematical Council of the UK | A forum for all aspects of mathematics education from early years to higher education. | The JMC was incorporated as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation o...

The JMC is now on LinkedIn

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Teachers - did you know about I'm a Mathematician/I'm a Scientist? You can book a free online chat with your class and a real life mathematician, statistician, or scientist to ask them all about their job and career. Bookings here: imamathematician.uk/book-activity/

#MathsUntangle Pay attention.... Week 5.
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Pretty tenuous #mathsbeer

📢 Exciting News! 🎉

We're thrilled to announce that we will be joining together with other respected mathematics associations to form AMiE (Association for Mathematics in Education).

More information about our transition to AMiE can be found here: buff.ly/6xfmVDv

Members will have received this email yesterday sharing the result of the vote from Wednesday’s EGM

Should it bother me that my post that’s gained the most interactions on here is a photo of the outside of a train station toilet?!

I first thought 50 cubicles.
Then I did a double-take, frowned, scratched my head, did a few calculations, and got…
11 cubicles. 🧐

Of course!

Of course!

A reminder about the EGM tomorrow evening

It’s fair to say that I got some ‘odd’ looks taking this picture at Paddington today but I thought it was a really interesting set up! How many cubicles are there in total? How do you know?

This might be helpful and is used in a lot of the @ncetm.bsky.social work with teachers leading PD…

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