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From the NY Times, an article “As Math Scores Lag, a New Push for the Basics” about rethinking the teaching of “fuzzy math” in American schools. “The changes are being driven by students’ lagging ...

As parents and teachers struggle to improve their children’s mathematics education, they are getting mixed messages on what constitutes quality instruction in that critical subject. Consider, for ...

DO you know what math curriculum your child is being taught? Are you worried that your third- grader hasn’t learned simple multiplication yet? Have you been befuddled by educational jargon such as ...

If the new national Common Core educational standards influence curriculum the way some fear they will, students can say goodbye to literary classics and hello to fuzzy math, say critics. The Common ...

The first time I attended a timeshare presentation, my daughter, who is wise beyond her years, wouldn't let me take my checkbook. If I had, I would be the owner of an annual Hawaiian vacation. But I ...

We need “new ways to measure how well our kids think, not how well they can fill in a bubble on a test,” President Obama told the nation during his State of the Union last week. To which a clever ...

President George W. Bush today brushed aside reports that he was sliding precipitously in the polls, blaming his poor approval ratings on what he called "fuzzy math." "I don't know where people come ...

You've heard by now that the 2012 PISA assessment shows Canada has fallen from the top 10 in math, out of 65 nations. In four consecutive assessments: 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, we slid from 6th to 10th ...

Common Core math is getting the works from critics: It's too demanding for most kids; holds back the speedy kids; not the same as what parents already know; makes kids cry. It even promotes "fuzzy ...