kitchen table math, the sequel

The Educationist View of Math Education

Hi everyone - I'm back in IL, hanging out in the Highland Park Hospital ICU. Since I'm not, at the moment, able to focus on the ...

Many Most * high schools establish criteria for admission to honors and/or AP classes.  Here's a window into how one school does it. ...

The three articles in the Chronicle are especially good.

at the New York Times I don't know what it means for a university to be a "member" of College Board, but there you have it. ...

11:35pm ME: Hey! What did M. say about the SAT? C: He said it wasn't that bad! ME: Really? C: Yeah! ME: That's great! D. s...

Dumbest thing I ever said: " Is there a political movement against charter schools for suburban kids? On the front page in today'...

QUESTION: Your method may work with children with a native high IQ—but demanding that kind of excellence from less intelligent children see...

Educators rely heavily on learning activities that encourage elaborative studying, while activities that require students to practice retrie...

an oldie but goodie: the Gambill method

Retrieval Practice Produces More Learning than Elaborative Studying with Concept Mapping " Test-taking cements knowledge " at E...

Dear Tiger Mom, You’ve been criticized a lot since you published your memoir, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.” One problem is that some ...

Just came across this study - passing it along --- Do Babies Learn From Baby Media?

We were talking about "grid raises" in a comment thread. Here's an example of a teacher salary grid:   source: Taylor Made...

Just found this phrase - cyberspace jabberama - in a Boris Johnson column . Love it! I put it right up there with codswallop , a word I...

Just heard from a friend who saw this billboard on the way in to the city: NYC:  where people are openly gay and secretly Republican

Peter Meyer at Education Next : I couldn’t believe it. John, the new board of education president, had just proposed that we move “Old Bu...

Peter Meyer : Re: [irvingtonparentsforum] Re: Is the Board violating the law? To answer the question as straightforwardly as possible, as...

Peter Meyer at the Parents Forum : I hate to be cynical about this, but my BOCES guy has it about right: "the law" says (by imp...

Jim, I am formally requesting copies of all documents related to the Upper Dows Lane field including the original board approval and all a...