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Welcome to our blog! The goal of the Nepantla Teachers Community blog is to provide an honest and encouraging space to navigate sociopolitical situations that occur in mathematics education for the purpose of working towards justice in traditionally marginalized communities. By using the word political, we mean any situation that involves power dynamics.
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Nepantla Teachers
- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 min
2021 New Year's Resolutions
Happy New Year Nepantler@s! Every year we learn and grow from our experiences, and this past year, to say that we learned from our...
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Nepantla Teachers
- Dec 17, 2020
- 4 min
Small Wins: Math & Identity
Written by: Michelle (Michelle is choosing to remain anonymous but if you'd like to connect with her, please email us to reach out.) My...
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Nepantla Teachers
- Oct 28, 2020
- 3 min
Small Wins: Teaching Math during a Pandemic
Neethi Venkateswaran is a math & history teacher in Denver, CO. She aspires to make her classes as interdisciplinary as possible. When...
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Nepantla Teachers
- Jul 14, 2020
- 3 min
Introducing Nepantla Cohorts
But every person and institution bears responsibility for dismantling the racist beliefs and actions that we see are prevalent today. Math e
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Nepantla Teachers
- Jun 25, 2020
- 1 min
Social Justice and Mathematics Education
Over the summer, educators will need to confront and reflect on their individual and collective responsibility toward building...
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Nepantla Teachers
- May 31, 2020
- 1 min
Student Voices in Remote Learning: Marisol's Story
It is very difficult for a young person like me to work hard during this pandemic, and to keep my head up when I know everyone is risking...
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Nepantla Teachers
- May 30, 2020
- 4 min
Student Voices in Remote Learning: Ramona's Story
Ramona Ferreyra is picture above. (Photo Sandra Ferreyra) Hi, I am Ramona Ferreyra, and I will share my story about my experience during...
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Nepantla Teachers
- May 29, 2020
- 3 min
Student Voices in Remote Learning: Jazmin's Story
This pandemic started around January in the U.S., but it wasn’t until March. We began the shelter in place order ,and I had my last day...
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Nepantla Teachers
- May 28, 2020
- 4 min
Student Voices in Remote Learning: Ashley's Story
Welcome to the first story of our "Student Voices in Remote Learning" blog series. You can find an introduction in about this series...
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Nepantla Teachers
- May 28, 2020
- 3 min
Student Voices in Remote Learning Series: Introduction
From Nepantla Teachers Community Leadership Team: We know it’s been a few months since we’ve posted. In February, we extended a deadline...
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Nepantla Teachers
- Feb 5, 2020
- 7 min
Universal Language Part II
At the same time, we knew we had to seek official permission and make our concerns known more publicly. It wasn’t just the kids in my classr
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Nepantla Teachers
- Feb 1, 2020
- 5 min
Universal Language Part I
In the summer before my third-year teaching, our district made a decision that I thought would be a game-changer: mandating dual language ed
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Nepantla Teachers
- Jan 1, 2020
- 3 min
New Year's Resolutions
At Nepantla Teachers Community, we asked a few mathematics educators to share a short resolution to spark imagination and intent for the mon
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Nepantla Teachers
- Dec 11, 2019
- 8 min
Strings Attached Part II
Society expects Asian teachers to be successful in teaching and doing mathematics. A cultural stereotype that pervades media and society is
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Nepantla Teachers
- Dec 7, 2019
- 5 min
Strings Attached Part I
I remember that following year’s Open House like it was yesterday: We [teachers] were all asked to stand along the wall. Our principal intro
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Nepantla Teachers
- Nov 6, 2019
- 6 min
The Storm Part II
The CPS school system has few alternative methods and resources of dealing with students who disrupt class.
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Nepantla Teachers
- Nov 2, 2019
- 5 min
The Storm Part I
Part I Norms for Reading Our Blog The goal of the Nepantla Teachers Community blog is to provide an honest and encouraging space to...
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Nepantla Teachers
- Oct 9, 2019
- 5 min
Math Apathy Part II
I opened my mouth, unsure of what was going to come out of it, and said, “What’s one word you would use to describe math class?”
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Nepantla Teachers
- Oct 5, 2019
- 3 min
Math Apathy Part I
I can’t say for sure when I first started to hate my 3rd period class, but by May, I walked into my room ready to throw in the towel.
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