A few Chandler Traditional Academy parents are unhappy with a change in math curriculum at Chandler Unified School District. For two consecutive governing board meetings, parents have spoken up about ...
Holding a script in his hand, Eric Klebow tells his 2nd graders what they’ll be learning in their math lesson. “Today, you will learn to tell time to the minute,” the teacher at Magnolia Elementary ...
Even five years after his death, mathematics textbook publisher John Saxon still drives educators crazy. Just check the level of angst about his books at Fairfax County school headquarters this week.
“The new math is focused on exploration, where a question is posed and the student works, typically in a group setting, to figure out how to solve it. The algorithm is learned later, after the ...
A retired military man turned math teacher almost singlehandedly started the “math wars” of the 1990s, says Nakonia Hayes. She’s a long-time teacher, former principal, and author of John Saxon’s Story ...