kitchen table math, the sequel

Christopher & Andrew turned 13 today. And tomorrow is vacation. Tonight, after C. blew out the one candle that was still lit after our w...

wonderful story From Jaak Panksepp , perhaps my favorite of the neuroscientists whose work I've read: We find ourselves at the tall-tale...

[hmmm... just noticed that headling is a bit misleading - Now appearing on French TV!] oh, well I suspect that a part of the advantage of li...

From the NYT : Barbara R. Morgan got back to teaching yesterday. The students were in Idaho; she was in space, orbiting aboard the Internati...

the Liberal Arts and Singapore math too! I will be educating my fifth grader at home as of this fall for more reasons than I could ever begi...

So..... I'm wondering whether C. will flip out if I tell him he has to start watching Spanish TV 15 minutes a day ? Martine usually watc...

Patricia Kuhl also studies autism. I don't think I can bear to read this, but the link is here: Case Study of the Development of an Inf...

I have no idea whether I'm skimming these things right, but if you're interested in the subjects of reading, dyslexia, and/or foreig...

ester left a link to this story : So why did the federal government quietly decide last year to drop out of an international study that wou...

Great minds think alike. At least I think they do. I'm thinking that, a year or so ago, Steve H told us about Elizabeth Wissner-Gro...

Edmund Bacon, of the Philadelphia town-planning commission, discovered that school children could be invaluable researchers and colleagues i...

At least one of our ktm-2 regulars lives in Minneapolis/St. Paul, travels the bridge most days, & can see it from office windows. Everyo...

from a comment left by Le Galoisien: But really. If they for example, require you to know logarithms, the general attitude is like, "Y...

from Lynn G: FWIW, we started Primary Math 6A today. Kicking and screaming ensued. Then we opened yesterday's mail and got a very pl...

When I told Ed I was going to start C. back in 1st semester 3rd grade Singapore Math, he said, "I think that's a good idea." T...

" I stink at teaching percent " wasn't the only result of the 5 to 10 minutes I spent reflecting on my practice. * my summer ...

It seems that in the UK and Australia , students are being discouraged from taking upper level math to boost academic averages. Instead, st...

So I finished reflecting on my practice . Conclusion: I stink at teaching percent. That about covers it. But! I have a plan. More ...

Why are all these people reflecting on their practice ? Do we know?

Ed just came up from the basement to report that Andrew (autistic, nonverbal, turning 13, not getting any easier to deal with ) is staring a...