kitchen table math, the sequel

I don't remember now, but I think palisadesk may have been writing comments on kitchen table math from the beginning. I do remember my...

Down to the last 100 pages of Debbie's book, which is fantastic. So still no blogging, but ----- I have bullet points! The tuna cure...

I'll scream if I hear the word "holistic" at a college info session again. What it really means is that the admissions people ...

In bed it's 6am you close your eyes for 5 minutes it's 7:45. In school it's 1:30, close your eyes for 5 minutes it's 1:31. ...

An "unfortunate analogy" from the first SAT, administered in 1926. A nostalgic trip down memory lane with the SAT [SLIDESHOW]

In the news today: another botched attempt at interdisciplinarity in our public schools: ALBANY — High school is full of hypotheticals, li...

I'm doing a very  rushed polish of Debbie S's SAT book -- which is wonderful -- and we're around-the-clock, so no blogging! B...

In the Times today: Essay-Grading Software Offers Professors a Break By JOHN MARKOFF Published: April 4, 2013 | New York Times I'm ...

In honor of the latest bulletin from palisadesk, I've started a new Blogger page .

A note from palisadesk: Unfortunately, it is true that using Lucy Calkins' methods can raise test scores, due to the design of the cur...

At the WSJ (not sure whether it's behind a pay wall): " To (All) the Colleges That Rejected Me " by Suzy Lee Weiss. Like me,...

ABSTRACT This paper shows that although the top ten percent of colleges are substantially more selective now than they were 5 decades ago...

Q: Why do schools need standards? What are standards for? What do they have to do with curriculum? A: A set of standards is a *minimum set...

More from the Times on MOOCs: That the acronym MOOCs rhymes with “nukes” seems apt. Massive open online courses, or MOOCs — led by two pro...

My brother showed me this video --- can't remember if we've ever posted it here. What I love about it is that the girlfriend actua...

At RealClearScience Very fun.

Sorry to be AWOL - we flew to Chicago, where I contracted an epic case of stomach flu (still recovering), then drove down to Atlantic City t...

My son is in the middle of preparing for his first (and hopefully only) official SAT test. He took the PSAT in the fall and did very well, s...

Sorry to be missing in action -- budget season is upon us, and I've been writing posts for the Irvington Parents Forum . The Forum has...