pthomas

Personal Information

First Name

Paul

Last Name

Thomas

My job at K12 is:

Senior Content Specialist for grades 6-12 math

I have worked here for

2002.

My family is comprised of:

My wife and two kids.

I am passionate about my job:

because everyone deserves a good math education.

My educational background includes

A mixture of totally incompetent (grade 7) and amazingly gifted (grades 8–12) math teachers. I survived my early math experiences enough to get a BS in Math and an MS in Operations Research (basically applied math).

My professional background includes

Working at my college radio station, developing math models for the U.S. Army, teaching HS math, being a contributing author for a series of textbooks, and lots of live, web-based, and computer-based corporate training.

On weekends I like to

Spend time with my family.

Other sites and blogs I follow include

Zero Gravity, Improbable Research, Bad Science Blogs, Edutopia, TED, Uncertain Principles, Ars Mathematica, Applied Statistics.

My favorite food is

Toscanini's ice cream

I blog or participate on other folks' blogs because

Social media creates the opportunity for sharing ideas. These are our salons where ideas are shared, refined, and nurtured.