In a recent blog post, Kyle Pearce (@mathletepearce) raised the question “good at math or good at memorization?” Unlike most middle school math teachers, Kyle asks his students to wrestle with complex ...

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The so-called constructivist math downplays the use of basic techniques, like long division, which proponents say dampen children's enthusiasm, and emphasizes underlying concepts, and students are ...

The Board of Education has quietly overhauled the way math is taught at 628 schools over objections of befuddled parents and top mathematicians, who call the new curriculum dumbed-down “fuzzy” math.

I have a child going into the first grade in Anchorage and I am worried about what is going to happen when he tangles with the school district's chosen math curriculum, Everyday Mathematics. I'm ...

A top state education official yesterday threw cold water on efforts to impose the controversial “New Math” program throughout the city. “This seems to be a very dangerous time to be messing around ...

With regards to the K-5 TERC math curriculum and pilot program I offer the following: It is no longer enough to “trust the experts,” especially when personal biases cloud their objectivity.

Teaching mathematics has been my profession in New York City public schools since 1969, first at I.S. 201 in District 5, then at J.H.S. 17 in District 2, and since 1983, at Stuyvesant High School. I’m ...