We need “new ways to measure how well our kids think, not how well they can fill in a bubble on a test,” President Obama told the nation during his State of the Union last week. To which a clever ...

The first time I attended a timeshare presentation, my daughter, who is wise beyond her years, wouldn't let me take my checkbook. If I had, I would be the owner of an annual Hawaiian vacation. But I ...

DO you know what math curriculum your child is being taught? Are you worried that your third- grader hasn’t learned simple multiplication yet? Have you been befuddled by educational jargon such as ...

Do you know what math curriculum your child is being taught? Are you worried that your third-grader hasn't learned simple multiplication yet? Have you been befuddled by educational jargon such as ...

From the NY Times, an article “As Math Scores Lag, a New Push for the Basics” about rethinking the teaching of “fuzzy math” in American schools. “The changes are being driven by students’ lagging ...

Elizabeth H. teaches Grade 10 math in Newmarket, Ont., a pleasant, middle-class bedroom community of Toronto. After 24 years of teaching math, she's still passionate about her work. But the news is ...

Those who were in America when George W. Bush described Al Gore’s economic figures as “fuzzy math,” will remember how whilst he kept repeating the phrase, he never once discussed Gore’s economic ...

People who quilt are also nerdy. Or nerdy people also quilt. Either way, there’s some bitchin’ stitchin’ happening — as per this compendium of Dr. Who and Harry Potter blankets — but we especially ...

Marianne Jennings, an Arizona State business professor, has brought enlightenment to multitudes. With her commentaries on her daughter Sarah’s eighth-grade math book (“MTV Math,” she calls it, for its ...

Those who were in America when George W. Bush described Al Gore’s economic figures as “fuzzy math,” will remember how whilst he kept repeating the phrase, he never once discussed Gore’s economic ...