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From an Exhausted Teacher to the App Store: Why I Built Modal Math and How I Use It

A Pattern I Couldn’t Ignore Over the years, as a Teacher of the Deaf/HH, I started noticing the same pattern across classrooms, schools, and service models. Many of my students were capable thinkers. Curious. Logical. Often strong in math reasoning. And yet, their confidence in mathematics kept taking hits that did not match what I was seeing in front of me. Again and again, language got in the way. Story problems became obstacles instead of opportunities. Directions were wri

Nadia

Feb 64 min read

Why So Many Teachers of the Deaf Feel Burned Out and How Technology Can Help or Hurt

Why So Many Teachers of the Deaf Feel Burnt Out and How Technology Can Help or Hurt

Nadia

Jan 143 min read

What My Research on Deaf Ed Teacher Burnout Taught Me

Nadia Iftekhar, Ed.D., M.A., M.Ed. A note to teachers who are doing their best. As I finished my dissertation on teacher burnout, I spent months listening closely to teachers talk about their work. Not in sound bites or survey checkboxes, but in real conversations about what their days actually look like. What I heard was not surprising, but it was deeply affirming. Teachers are not burning out because they do not care enough. They are burning out because they care constantly

Nadia

Dec 15, 20252 min read