kitchen table math, the sequel

The fun has begun. My middle child is a 6th grader in a EM program heavily supplemented with random, disconnected state testing prep and con...

I'd like to express my gratitude at the opportunity to post here on KTM - as a long-time reader of this site, I'm honored. So, let...

wow back from back to school night tone change no chicken dance * no Please exit the building immediately guidance counselor personally esc...

concerned left this in a Comment: "You don't go to school to learn to be vague and inaccurate, you know; you could learn that anywh...

What is a really, really, really bad writing assignment, you ask? This one (grade 8) : We will begin the year with the Quote Project in whic...

Introduction by Allan Metcalf pp. v - viii Chapter One STEP 1 (excerpt) pp. 1-2 (more t/k) Writing to the Point Fourth Edition William J. ...

The entire introduction is posted here .

Writing to the Point Fourth Edition William J. Kerrigan and Allan A. Metcalf p. vii Moreover, the Kerrigan method doesn’t get dull. Each set...

Apparently, a recent report from the research organization Public Agenda has found that parents and students are happy with the current rigo...

That is the subject heading of an email I've just received from my son. Speaking of offspring, Andrew has decided to regress on his to...

The decision to send our oldest child to a private high school is, hands down, the most difficult decision we have ever made as a family. It...

I have in my possession my uncle's spelling book. The book is titled, "Modern-Life Speller--Book Two" and was published by the...

My child's school encouraged parents to request math "enrichment" for their second graders if they felt they needed it. I said...

A new stock figure is abroad in the land of edu-reform: the middle class voter The political strategy of George Miller and Buck McKeon, re...

You have to read it to believe it. I thought question 18 was most telling. "18. Here’s an innocent little question, Prof. Steen! The c...

I'm reading part two of Dave Marain's interview with Lynn Arthur Steen. It's terrifically interesting, and, to me, helpful (more...

excerpts I'm copying here, for safekeeping : Educators are bound and determined to redefine math, but if they want to open career doors,...

Terrific blog written by a NYC math teacher. I'm going to read the whole thing. Her posts on math teaching are here .

wow That was easy. Thank you, Hackosphere .

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