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 ...

We need the best approaches we can find for kids in class now: Teachers and students can’t wait years for new research. Getty Images We need “new ways to measure how well our kids think, not how well ...

If the new national Common Core educational standards influence curriculum the way some fear they will, students can say goodbye to literary classics and hello to fuzzy math, say critics. The Common ...

Common Core math is getting the works from critics: It's too demanding for most kids; holds back the speedy kids; not the same as what parents already know; makes kids cry. It even promotes "fuzzy ...

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If you are like me and have children who are required to contribute to science fairs yearly then you understand that the method in a science project is as important as the topic. It’s about those ...

A fresh audit of Denver Public Schools revealed a startling reality: Colorado’s largest school district owes more in long-term debt than it owns in assets. As The Denver Gazette reported last month, ...

The term “fuzzy math” was first introduced during the 2000 presidential campaign by Republican nominee George W. Bush. He used it to describe Democratic nominee Al Gore’s criticism of Bush’s economic ...

One of Paul Greenberg's several Rules for Editorial Writers was this: Don't be hesitant to publish a correction. It'll be the best-read thing on the page that day. We hate to brag, but we are wrong ...

SOA is still a fuzzy concept to many corporate IT professionals. According to a recent IDG Research Services Group survey, IT professionals are almost evenly split between people who claim some ...