Archive - Pershmail

Practice Software is Struggling

Why whole-group teaching is easier than individual practice

Aug 11 •

Michael Pershan

July 2025

Who Gets Credit For Great Ideas?

A famous mathematical controversy, with notes at the end

Jul 22 •

Michael Pershan

Help! I Want to Read Research, But the Landscape is Baffling

Answering a good question

Jul 17 •

Michael Pershan

June 2025

School isn't just about basic skills

On the "multidimensional nature of teaching"

Jun 25 •

Michael Pershan

May 2025

AI is Maybe Sometimes Better than Nothing

Reporting on that World Bank Nigeria paper

May 21 •

Michael Pershan

February 2025

Math Academy Wants To Supercharge Your Learning

A review of the online learning program

Feb 6 •

Michael Pershan

December 2024

56 Theses About Education, for Fun and Debate

Fight! Fight! Fight!

Dec 27, 2024 •

Michael Pershan

In Defense of Fussy Teaching

Someone's gotta defend it

Dec 20, 2024 •

Michael Pershan

August 2024

Piet Hein's Problems

His inventions and troubling behavior

Aug 19, 2024 •

Michael Pershan

Teachers Love Theories

How to write a nonfiction bestseller

Aug 9, 2024 •

Michael Pershan

July 2024

Nobody Knows How Many Kids Have Dyscalculia

A brief history of "learning disability"

Jul 29, 2024 •

Michael Pershan

Learning Math is Learning Words

On connections across disciplines

Jul 3, 2024 •

Michael Pershan

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