Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Teach math as puzzles for kids to solve. That’s more fun than memorization

To the editor: Math classes should be eliminated and replaced by another recess period. In other words, if mathematics or arithmetic was taught as puzzles to be explored and as a fun activity instead ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Math can be hard and abstract. That’s not a reason to teach less of it

To the editor: The piece by Jo Boaler and Steven D. Levitt reveals a blinkered view of what mathematics is and how it gets used in real-life problems such as data analysis. Data analysis and ...
Education Week

Common-Core Math Testing: Using an Equation Editor

Some math experts are worried the computer-based testing platforms that PARCC and Smarter Balanced plan to use for common-core tests this spring will make it tough for students to show what they know, ...
Education Week

Editor’s Note: Teaching Math in the Era of COVID-19

With each passing day, the coronavirus pandemic is rerouting some students’ academic trajectories. That’s among the many frightening but realistic consequences of COVID-19. And an early look at ...
Oregonian

Letters to the editor: Math curriculum concerns, criticism

I consider myself a fairly advanced mathematics student, but I must say, a recurring problem in the Beaverton School District's "reform" math is lack of challenge ("X plus why equals division," Jan 12 ...
TribLIVE.com

Letter to the editor: Math, facts on our economy

Two universally acknowledged truths resonate with the reasonable: 1. As my information changes, so do my views. 2. Math is not an opinion. Consider these easily verifiable facts: In the past four ...
San Mateo Daily Journal

Math people support Paynter

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