Float like a butterfly, sting like an SOB
We need a formal welcome for Michael Paul Goldenberg. Take a look at his page here and be sure to follow him here At the Chalk Face.
From my other blog, Rational Mathematics Education: “If We Weren’t Meant to Use Calculating Devices, Why Didn’t We Evolve A Lot More FIngers and Toes?”
Some readers here may be familiar with my much longer-running blog, Rational Mathematics Education. I just posted something there that I believe will be relevant to many readers here: If We Weren’t Meant to Use Calculating Devices, Why Didn’t We Evolve A Lot More FIngers and Toes? Excerpt: Yes, of course handheld calculating devices (with […]
Why Aren’t The Common Core Math Standards Making Us Mathier?
An 8th grade math teacher commented on Facebook: Here’s what I know about math at the middle school level: when I survey my 8th graders at the start of each year, most of them say that math was their least favorite subject the year before. It is the only subject at our school […]
Who Is Killing Democracy in Education?
Who Is Killing Democracy in Education? by Paul Horton Reblogged from Diane Ravitch’s blog and by suggestion from Prof. Horton
Charterland
From NEPC: BOULDER, CO (September 9, 2013) – “Good schools shouldn’t weed out kids. They should teach everyone.” That’s the bottom line of the new “CharterLand” infographic from the Opportunity to Learn Campaign of the Schott Foundation. Inspired by the venerable children’s game “Candy Land,” the infographic asks players to work their way past Hoop […]
9-8-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: TEACH Documentary Delivers Same, Tired InfomercialOn the evening of September 6, CBS aired Davis Guggenheim’s latest tear-jerker hack job dedicated to public education: TEACH. While featuring four young and relatively inexperienced teachers, we were told much of the same nonsense we’ve been hearing for years, since the release of the anti-teacher and anti-public-e