kitchen table math, the sequel

Email to the teacher: Hi Mrs. X -- C did not complete her research homework. Unfortunately, her internet research skills are not up to the t...

Listen to the WOR podcast about reform math and New Jersey's troubles. They allude to religion.

from Robyn : I went to school during the 1970's. Back then, children did not have tutors in elementary school. Parents did not reteach ...

Here's a comparison to playing soccer: it's like teaching the players how to kick the ball and then having them always play games. T...

I would! Actually, I wouldn't move from Irvington to Ridgewood, because Ridgewood has TERC (CMP or Core Plus t/k?) and Irvington has Mat...

The postings at the Ridgewood Blog are a lot of fun to read. Things are still hopping in Ridgewood! The whole thing is making me feel as if...

Now, adults needing to perform calculations quickly and accurately have electronic tools that are both more accurate and more efficient tha...

from Eclectic Educator : From MyCommunity: Ridgewood TERC Parents I want to emphasize in this blog that comments made by the board regarding...

from Robyn : This is from the 1996 New Jersey Math Framework, which Joseph G. (Joe) Rosenstein reportedly had a hand in writing : "The ...

“They want their children’s education to resemble their education because they are successful,” he explained. “They say, ‘It worked for me, ...

You people clearly don't appreciate creativity. -- rightwingprof re: Why we hate it

“They want their children’s education to resemble their education because they are successful,” [Rosenstein] explained. “They say, ‘It worke...

“You have to question how much further they’d be willing to go to advance their cause,” Mark Bombace, the school board president, said in a...

I'm not feeling any too happy with the Ridgewood situation at the moment. One of the issues is this page on the school website . The bo...

Okay, so maybe this isn't the only reason, or even the best reason, for disliking reform math, but I think this graphic is a really goo...

I just ordered the 4th grade Singapore Math textbooks and workbooks (4a and 4b) from ebay. I intend to have my two soon to be 4th graders g...

things are hopping

favorite bubble on the KNOWING diagram: Is there something to find out? ............... Then there is this: The goal of education is underst...

From a response to Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work , which Ken discussed awhile back, one of the most pointed and use...

I'm so excited. Solving a problem that's been bugging me for days--no matter how insignificant it is to others--is a natural high fo...