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Quebec Dominates in Math, Here Is Why Ed Reformers Should Pay Attention

October 25, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Shane Vander Hart: Canadian provinces would be wise to emulate Quebec’s success in math, but we in the United States would be as well.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Barry Garelick, Canada, Common Core Math, Common Core Math Standards, Paul Bennett, Quebec, Traditional Math

Explicit Instruction in Math Can Reduce the Achievement Gap

April 24, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Ted Nutting, a retired math teacher in Seattle, said the key to closing achievement gaps is explicit instruction meaning explaining concepts in a clear, straightforward way, showing each student how to use them and following up with lots of practice – including rigorous tests.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: achievement gaps, Common Core Math, Reform Math, Seattle Public Schools, Ted Nutting

Incredibles 2 Trailer Has a Veiled Common Core Math Reference

February 15, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

The Incredibles 2 trailer made a veiled reference to Common Core math as Mr. Incredible struggles to help his son, Dash, with his math homework.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core Math, Incredibles 2, new math

The Assessments Are Rigged

December 28, 2017 By Wendy Hart

Wendy Hart: Instead of wondering how kids are doing on state assessments and whether a school is “good” based on the assessment scores, we need to be asking what are these assessments supposed to be measuring and how do we know they really are measuring what they claim?

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: assessments, Common Core Math, data collection, SAGE, standardized assessments

Massachusetts’ New Standards Are Still Inferior to Pre-2010 Standards

December 14, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The Pioneer Institute released a report co-written by Mark Bauerlein, R. James Milgram, and Jane Robbins that reviews Massachusetts new academic standards.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core ELA, Common Core Math, Common Core State Standards, Jane Robbins, Mark Bauerlein, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Academic Standards, Pioneer Institute, R. James Milgram, Whitepapers

Look to China for Math?

August 8, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The UK is investing heavily in textbooks used in schools in Shanghai, China; perhaps the United States could benefit by looking at their methods as well.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Chinese, Common Core Math, New York Times, Shanghai Math, Singapore Math, United Kingdom

Drilling “Rote Understanding”

July 5, 2017 By Barry Garelick

Barry Garelick: To overturn students’ “doing without knowing” reformers have created students for whom “understanding” foundational math is not even “doing” math.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core Math, Reform Math, Rote Understanding, Traditional Math

The Destructive Capacity of David Coleman

September 23, 2016 By Jane Robbins

Jane Robbins: Since Common Core architect David Coleman took over as president of the College Board, the scandals or at least embarrassments have come fast and furious.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: College Board, Common Core Math, David Coleman, Michael Cohen, SAT

Math Professor Makes Excellent Point About New Way of Assessing Students

September 7, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Wayne Bishop, a professor of math at Cal State University Los Angeles, explains the problem of shifting to make multiple choice assessments more verbal.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: common core assessments, Common Core Math, multiple choice assessments, Wayne Bishop

Blame the Textbooks for Poor Common Core Implementation!

June 30, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

The EdReports.org gave poor reviews to four out of the first five Common Core math textbooks they reviewed, and they are funded by the Gates Foundation.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Carnegie Learning, College Board, Common Core Math, Common Core State Standards, EdReports.org, Gates Foundation, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Pearson, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, The CPM Learning Program

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