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Ben Talsma

99 results.

September 9, 2020 Open the Right Door

Amidst the current spate of trapped birds, a woodpecker flew…

August 28, 2020 Today's Inch of a Miracle

Three years ago, my daughter pretended that the world was made of hexagons.  This was not a whimsical flight of the…

August 19, 2020 A New Season

The back-to-school season is always filled with uncertainty, but this year is different. As schools around the country scramble to adapt…

July 29, 2020 Reflections from a Teacher

This fall, when we send our children back to school, the kindergartner who loved to hug everyone will become a first grader who loves to…

July 15, 2020 Empowering Students to Power Your Classroom

Everybody’s different. We say it and, on some level, we understand it. But in a world of limited time and scant…

July 1, 2020 The Pointless Pachyderms of Pedagogy

I’m a sucker for puns that are, like wet paper towels, incredibly terrible. The title…

June 5, 2020 Now More Than Ever

I love math because it is plainly and objectively true, and the plain truth is beautiful. I love science and social studies and…