kitchen table math, the sequel

lsquared writes : I'm really wishing for a national curriculum right now--or at least a series of textbooks that goes K-10 instead of K...

In the Wall Street Journal : Just 28% of the Portuguese population between 25 and 64 has completed high school. The figure is 85% in Germa...

How the Irvington Parents Forum came to be .

Two new posts from the temporarily dormant Throwing Curves on religion in the schools and the ongoing legislative efforts to revamp teacher...

I have two questions, actually, but I'll post just one for the time being. Here it is. For me, SAT math questions are non-routine. T...

The National PTA partnered with experts on the Common Core State Standards to create grade by grade guides that reflect the Common Core Sta...

The correct answer is E. When I do this problem, I get .618, which is the same thing as (square root of 5 minus 1) divided by 2. But how...

Having one son in a charter school and sports means plenty of driving. Yesterday, I was taking three boys from the high school to the baseba...

This year, Middle School Mathematics Institute (MSMI) is offering two professional development institutes this summer for elementary and mi...

I have just this moment figured out that FedUpMom has a blog ! This has been a difficult year. A difficult couple of years, actually. ...

Looking back at my own junior high experience and comparing it to my kids' middle school experience, I think momof4 has hit the nail on...

Steve H on the STEM sessions at the Celebration of Teaching and Learning : They are mostly about engagement (it's the student's fa...

My copy of the Harvard Education Letter arrived with an excerpt from a new book on value-added measurement . I have a question about this p...

I went with a friend to the Celebration of Teaching and Learning conference in New York City. It was depressing. Vendors everywhere, te...

Kick Me Out of School, I'm Irish Have I mentioned Matthew K. Tabor has a new blog?? Education Debate at Online Schools

In California they're piloting a program that brings the Khan Academy into the classroom.  It sounds promising, with the potential to ga...

My four kids all attended the same school between ES and HS, but it was a 7-8 JHS for my older two and a 6-7-8 MS for my younger two - over ...

at the Irvington Parents Forum : [S]tate law says that school districts are allowed to increase their budgets by up to 120% of the rate of ...

Headsprout bought by DYMO /Mimio I don't know what this means, but folks are excited about it on the DI list. If the DI people are e...

The Times has just this moment posted a story headlined " Japan Faces Prospect of Nuclear Catastrophe as Workers Leave Plant " (th...