Daily Archives: February 19, 2010

Big Teacher…

watching you. I find this disturbing. Perhaps the lesson is not only “don’t take gifts from strangers” but “don’t take gifts from your local school district” as well.

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Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer

Wow!More pictures here.

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Math: Exposure or Mastery?

That IS the question. The answer… I’ll take mastery for $100. In the war over school math — in which a judge recently ordered Seattle Public Schools to redo its choice of high-school math — Schmitz Park is a redoubt … Continue reading

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Math Fads

Joanne Jacobs weighs in on the repercussions of the Seattle court decision regarding “Discovery” math. She references an Education News article by Barry Garelick and the excerpt below echoes my experience… It is obvious to parents that the discovery programs … Continue reading

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Discovery Math and St. Vrain Valley School District

In Seattle the Key books Discovery Math Series is coming in for hard times. Guess what series of books is used for math in the St. Vrain Valley School District? Yep, that would be the one. From a recent editorial … Continue reading

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What the Supreme Court needs….

a teleprompter. good grief.

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