Anna Stokke
@rastokke.bsky.social
Math professor. 3M National Teaching Fellow. PhD Math. Co-founder of Archimedes Math Schools (nonprofit). Chalk & Talk Podcast: http://chalkandtalkpodcast.podbean.com
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Anna Stokke
@rastokke.bsky.social
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🎉My podcast Chalk & Talk hit 200,000 downloads!
If you haven't listened, check it out! I'm a mathematician & an advocate for better math instruction for students of all ages. I've published 49 episodes, with more great episodes to come!
If you haven't listened, check it out! I'm a mathematician & an advocate for better math instruction for students of all ages. I've published 49 episodes, with more great episodes to come!
Uncovering more math hijinks at SFUSD
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November 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Uncovering more math hijinks at SFUSD
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Reposted by Anna Stokke
A boy with dyslexia showed up to the Leg on Oct. 8 to call for improvements to #mbed literacy lessons. His pleas have inspired others to speak out.
@winnipegfreepress.com spoke w/ four kids who, despite teachers’ best efforts, could not become literate via public school #wfp bit.ly/485JVSz
@winnipegfreepress.com spoke w/ four kids who, despite teachers’ best efforts, could not become literate via public school #wfp bit.ly/485JVSz
Manitoba elementary students share struggles with reading after report reveals education system failing
The Manitoba Human Rights Commission published the long-awaited results of a probe into how schools are teaching children to read — or failing to do so — at the end of October. The 70-page report repr...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A boy with dyslexia showed up to the Leg on Oct. 8 to call for improvements to #mbed literacy lessons. His pleas have inspired others to speak out.
@winnipegfreepress.com spoke w/ four kids who, despite teachers’ best efforts, could not become literate via public school #wfp bit.ly/485JVSz
@winnipegfreepress.com spoke w/ four kids who, despite teachers’ best efforts, could not become literate via public school #wfp bit.ly/485JVSz
📚 “Everything starts with the curriculum.” When goals aren’t clear, expectations get watered down & students pay the price. A knowledge-based curriculum (standards) with clear goals is key to meaningful education reforms. New episode with Nuno Crato is out now. 🔥 Link below.
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
📚 “Everything starts with the curriculum.” When goals aren’t clear, expectations get watered down & students pay the price. A knowledge-based curriculum (standards) with clear goals is key to meaningful education reforms. New episode with Nuno Crato is out now. 🔥 Link below.
🚨New episode in video & audio!🚨
What happens when a mathematician becomes Education Minister? Nuno Crato led an education turnaround in Portugal. The result? Portugal went from near the bottom to outperforming Finland on PISA/TIMSS. How? Episode link below 👇
What happens when a mathematician becomes Education Minister? Nuno Crato led an education turnaround in Portugal. The result? Portugal went from near the bottom to outperforming Finland on PISA/TIMSS. How? Episode link below 👇
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨New episode in video & audio!🚨
What happens when a mathematician becomes Education Minister? Nuno Crato led an education turnaround in Portugal. The result? Portugal went from near the bottom to outperforming Finland on PISA/TIMSS. How? Episode link below 👇
What happens when a mathematician becomes Education Minister? Nuno Crato led an education turnaround in Portugal. The result? Portugal went from near the bottom to outperforming Finland on PISA/TIMSS. How? Episode link below 👇
✨ 🚨 New Episode DROPS TOMORROW 🚨 ✨
My guest is a mathematician who became Minister of Education and raised Portugal’s PISA & TIMSS results. What was the formula?
Don’t miss my conversation with Nuno Crato!
My guest is a mathematician who became Minister of Education and raised Portugal’s PISA & TIMSS results. What was the formula?
Don’t miss my conversation with Nuno Crato!
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
✨ 🚨 New Episode DROPS TOMORROW 🚨 ✨
My guest is a mathematician who became Minister of Education and raised Portugal’s PISA & TIMSS results. What was the formula?
Don’t miss my conversation with Nuno Crato!
My guest is a mathematician who became Minister of Education and raised Portugal’s PISA & TIMSS results. What was the formula?
Don’t miss my conversation with Nuno Crato!
✨ 🚨 New Episode DROPS TOMORROW 🚨 ✨
My guest is a mathematician who became Minister of Education and raised Portugal’s PISA & TIMSS results. What was the formula?
Don’t miss my conversation with Nuno Crato!
My guest is a mathematician who became Minister of Education and raised Portugal’s PISA & TIMSS results. What was the formula?
Don’t miss my conversation with Nuno Crato!
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
✨ 🚨 New Episode DROPS TOMORROW 🚨 ✨
My guest is a mathematician who became Minister of Education and raised Portugal’s PISA & TIMSS results. What was the formula?
Don’t miss my conversation with Nuno Crato!
My guest is a mathematician who became Minister of Education and raised Portugal’s PISA & TIMSS results. What was the formula?
Don’t miss my conversation with Nuno Crato!
🎯Learning is a civil right. Kids deserve instruction that works. How to do it? Read about explicit instruction. Then do it.
🎥 Clip from my conversation with Anita Archer. Link to full episode and link to resource page with articles below. 👇
🎥 Clip from my conversation with Anita Archer. Link to full episode and link to resource page with articles below. 👇
November 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🎯Learning is a civil right. Kids deserve instruction that works. How to do it? Read about explicit instruction. Then do it.
🎥 Clip from my conversation with Anita Archer. Link to full episode and link to resource page with articles below. 👇
🎥 Clip from my conversation with Anita Archer. Link to full episode and link to resource page with articles below. 👇
Good news in MB as govt passes Bill 225 for reading screening. "Bill 225 requires elementary schools to systematically screen elementary students for early signs of struggle, immediately act on warning signs and document findings in report cards." www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Manitoba early reading screening legislation passes final test
Manitoba’s poor literacy rate has prompted MLAs of all political stripes to unanimously endorse a private member’s bill to increase teacher monitoring and support for struggling readers.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Good news in MB as govt passes Bill 225 for reading screening. "Bill 225 requires elementary schools to systematically screen elementary students for early signs of struggle, immediately act on warning signs and document findings in report cards." www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
🔁 Increasing opportunities to respond is one the most transformative tools in teaching.
More student responses =
✅ higher engagement
✅ more time on task
✅ more learning
We discuss why it's important in the clip. Lots of strategies discussed in the full episode. Link below.
More student responses =
✅ higher engagement
✅ more time on task
✅ more learning
We discuss why it's important in the clip. Lots of strategies discussed in the full episode. Link below.
November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🔁 Increasing opportunities to respond is one the most transformative tools in teaching.
More student responses =
✅ higher engagement
✅ more time on task
✅ more learning
We discuss why it's important in the clip. Lots of strategies discussed in the full episode. Link below.
More student responses =
✅ higher engagement
✅ more time on task
✅ more learning
We discuss why it's important in the clip. Lots of strategies discussed in the full episode. Link below.
Manitoba Human Rights Commission found that "many schools are not using evidence-based methods to teach reading" www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
November 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Manitoba Human Rights Commission found that "many schools are not using evidence-based methods to teach reading" www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
If students were taught well in the first place, fewer would need Tier 2 intervention. Some students are victims of instructional disabilities, not learning disabilities.
This is from my conversation with Anita Archer. Link to episode below 👇
This is from my conversation with Anita Archer. Link to episode below 👇
November 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
If students were taught well in the first place, fewer would need Tier 2 intervention. Some students are victims of instructional disabilities, not learning disabilities.
This is from my conversation with Anita Archer. Link to episode below 👇
This is from my conversation with Anita Archer. Link to episode below 👇
Anita's "Archerisms". You can download a pdf copy from the resource page for my episode with Anita Archer here: www.annastokke.com/resources/ep...
November 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Anita's "Archerisms". You can download a pdf copy from the resource page for my episode with Anita Archer here: www.annastokke.com/resources/ep...
What is explicit instruction? Anita Archer, one of the world's leading experts on explicit instruction, explains it here.
Check out the full episode: youtu.be/EE5wvi-xQTM?...
Check out the full episode: youtu.be/EE5wvi-xQTM?...
October 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What is explicit instruction? Anita Archer, one of the world's leading experts on explicit instruction, explains it here.
Check out the full episode: youtu.be/EE5wvi-xQTM?...
Check out the full episode: youtu.be/EE5wvi-xQTM?...
🎙️From my episode with Anita Archer.
"How well you teach = How well they learn"
The three C's of effective teaching:
Clear ✅ Concise ✅ Consistent ✅
Link to full episode below 👉 youtu.be/EE5wvi-xQTM?...
"How well you teach = How well they learn"
The three C's of effective teaching:
Clear ✅ Concise ✅ Consistent ✅
Link to full episode below 👉 youtu.be/EE5wvi-xQTM?...
October 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🎙️From my episode with Anita Archer.
"How well you teach = How well they learn"
The three C's of effective teaching:
Clear ✅ Concise ✅ Consistent ✅
Link to full episode below 👉 youtu.be/EE5wvi-xQTM?...
"How well you teach = How well they learn"
The three C's of effective teaching:
Clear ✅ Concise ✅ Consistent ✅
Link to full episode below 👉 youtu.be/EE5wvi-xQTM?...
🎙️ New episode with Anita Archer is out now!
Check out my conversation with one of the world’s leading experts on explicit instruction––what is it, why it works & how to use it effectively.
Available in video on Youtube & Spotify; audio on all podcast platforms. Link 👉 youtu.be/EE5wvi-xQTM?...
Check out my conversation with one of the world’s leading experts on explicit instruction––what is it, why it works & how to use it effectively.
Available in video on Youtube & Spotify; audio on all podcast platforms. Link 👉 youtu.be/EE5wvi-xQTM?...
October 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
🎙️ New episode with Anita Archer is out now!
Check out my conversation with one of the world’s leading experts on explicit instruction––what is it, why it works & how to use it effectively.
Available in video on Youtube & Spotify; audio on all podcast platforms. Link 👉 youtu.be/EE5wvi-xQTM?...
Check out my conversation with one of the world’s leading experts on explicit instruction––what is it, why it works & how to use it effectively.
Available in video on Youtube & Spotify; audio on all podcast platforms. Link 👉 youtu.be/EE5wvi-xQTM?...
Just because it's new, doesn't mean it's better. Carl Hendrick unmasking the innovation illusion in my latest episode. Check out the full episode here ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/0hIj...
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Just because it's new, doesn't mean it's better. Carl Hendrick unmasking the innovation illusion in my latest episode. Check out the full episode here ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/0hIj...
🚨 Big episode dropping tomorrow in video and audio! 🚨
Subscribe to the Chalk & Talk YouTube channel so you don’t miss it!
I had the absolute pleasure of speaking with the amazing Anita Archer, one of the world’s leading experts on explicit instruction.
Subscribe 👉 www.youtube.com/@chalktalk-s...
Subscribe to the Chalk & Talk YouTube channel so you don’t miss it!
I had the absolute pleasure of speaking with the amazing Anita Archer, one of the world’s leading experts on explicit instruction.
Subscribe 👉 www.youtube.com/@chalktalk-s...
October 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🚨 Big episode dropping tomorrow in video and audio! 🚨
Subscribe to the Chalk & Talk YouTube channel so you don’t miss it!
I had the absolute pleasure of speaking with the amazing Anita Archer, one of the world’s leading experts on explicit instruction.
Subscribe 👉 www.youtube.com/@chalktalk-s...
Subscribe to the Chalk & Talk YouTube channel so you don’t miss it!
I had the absolute pleasure of speaking with the amazing Anita Archer, one of the world’s leading experts on explicit instruction.
Subscribe 👉 www.youtube.com/@chalktalk-s...
Here's Paul Kirschner @paulkirschner.bsky.social unmasking the discovery illusion in my latest episode. @carlhendrick.substack.com Link to full episode below.
October 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Here's Paul Kirschner @paulkirschner.bsky.social unmasking the discovery illusion in my latest episode. @carlhendrick.substack.com Link to full episode below.
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It's such an honor to receive the Eminent Researcher Award from Learning Difficulties Australia. While my name is on the award, everything is a team effort! I'm so grateful to the PRIME leads and doc students as well as the teachers and students who participate in our research.
October 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It's such an honor to receive the Eminent Researcher Award from Learning Difficulties Australia. While my name is on the award, everything is a team effort! I'm so grateful to the PRIME leads and doc students as well as the teachers and students who participate in our research.
Part of my upcoming episode with the amazing Anita Archer will air over lunch at researchED Atlantic Canada this Saturday, October 25!
October 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Part of my upcoming episode with the amazing Anita Archer will air over lunch at researchED Atlantic Canada this Saturday, October 25!
Here's Paul Kirschner talking about the butterfly effect in education. Experts often forget what it was like to be a beginner. They’ve become “butterflies” but forget they were once "caterpillars" learning step by step 🐛➡️🦋
Link to full episode below.
Link to full episode below.
October 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Here's Paul Kirschner talking about the butterfly effect in education. Experts often forget what it was like to be a beginner. They’ve become “butterflies” but forget they were once "caterpillars" learning step by step 🐛➡️🦋
Link to full episode below.
Link to full episode below.
Here's Carl Hendrick talking about the engagement illusion in my latest episode. Engagement does not imply learning!
Link to full episode 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/0hIj...
Link to full episode 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/0hIj...
October 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Here's Carl Hendrick talking about the engagement illusion in my latest episode. Engagement does not imply learning!
Link to full episode 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/0hIj...
Link to full episode 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/0hIj...
🚨✨ Post-secondary education + math = my passions. After 20+ years teaching, I’m thrilled to collaborate with La Trobe University's School of Education to strengthen math teaching! <10 days until our Masterclass on Evidence-informed Math Teaching. Open to everyone. Registration link below ⬇️
October 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🚨✨ Post-secondary education + math = my passions. After 20+ years teaching, I’m thrilled to collaborate with La Trobe University's School of Education to strengthen math teaching! <10 days until our Masterclass on Evidence-informed Math Teaching. Open to everyone. Registration link below ⬇️
🚨New episode is amazing! Paul Kirschner, @carlhendrick.substack.com & Jim Heal unmask some instructional illustrations, from discovery learning to innovation fads, engagement & more. It's a great preview of their new book! Link to episode ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/0hIj...
October 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🚨New episode is amazing! Paul Kirschner, @carlhendrick.substack.com & Jim Heal unmask some instructional illustrations, from discovery learning to innovation fads, engagement & more. It's a great preview of their new book! Link to episode ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/0hIj...