This book is a gift to the teaching profession, and to other groups concerned with teaching, from 50 experienced schoolteachers—all recipients of
the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
(PAEMST). It is a collection of the teachers’ individual stories, written by them,
about how they first went about becoming teachers, then outstanding teachers,
and ultimately career-teachers. All their stories are about practice—about taking
action in the world, specifically in schools, in hopes of making them more humane places. As such, the collected stories speak unequivocally about the central
place that practicing goodness occupies in teaching.

Sean Nank is a recipient of the2009 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teachingand has taught mathematics for 15 years in Illinois and California. Sean is an accomplished educational leader, training and supporting his colleagues in the use of technology and facilitating cooperative curricular and pedagogical planning. Using humor and an excellent rapport with students, Sean maintains rigor while easing mathematics anxiety in the classroom. Sean is also a consultant and specializes in mathematics education and interpretive research. Sean s current research agenda includes collaborative integration of technology in classrooms via a 1:1 student to tablet PC ratio, educational apps, and online assessment systems. Sean has an A.S. in Mathematics from the College of Lake County, a B.S. in Mathematics from Northern Illinois University, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of California, Riverside.

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