In this episode Mike and Glen discuss why focusing on the essentials in teaching can have such an awesome impact on student learning, we will countdown to episode 100 of the podcast and our guest this week is author and math specialist Sunil Singh.

Guest: Sunil SinghTwitter: https://twitter.com/MathgardenNotes:#ChatOnEducation is a slow chat on Fridays with questions at 9am, 12pm and 3pm join us to discuss the topics we talk about on this week's podcast. It's awesome, trust us!OnEducation is now on YouTube! Subscribe to the channel and listen to prior episodes as they are released!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu2fkhy9cnZZbggW8_K3FgQMake less than 60k as a family - Tuition should be free at 4 year university: https://hechingerreport.org/economists-find-free-community-college-can-backfire/Focusing on the Essentials in Teaching: http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept19/vol77/num01/Focusing-on-the-Essentials.aspx

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