About
My name is Michael Pershan, and I’m a mathematics teacher and writer in New York City. I’ve been blogging about education for a while now. Here are some of the things I’ve written about over the years:
I’ve been highly critical of the math education group YouCubed and their use of educational research, along with the California Math Framework.
I write readable Q&As about educational research, on topics such as homework or grading. While I eventually archive these on my personal site, I’m now trying them out first on Substack.
Along with my adversarial partner, I won a contest on the blog SlateStarCodex by writing about acceleration, tracking, and what we know about meeting the needs of strong students.
I wrote a book for John Catt about teaching mathematics using worked examples, examples and a sample chapter of which you can see here.
I believe in the goodness of learning and schooling!
I’m also a writer of other things that have nothing to do with education, and you can read about them on my personal site if you’re into that. I’m currently Deputy Editor of The American Bystander.
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