A recent editorial in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/opinion/how-to-fix-our-math-education.html presents a plan to “fix math education.” I’m disappointed. The arguments are variations on themes that have surfaced (and been debunked) many times over the past century. First of all, the authors set up a straw man in their characterization of Common Core: a codification of … Continue reading Response to a NYT editorial
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