[Xmca-l] Fwd: NYTimes.com: Why Do Americans Stink at Math?

[mike cole]

This story about the resistance to common core standards may be of interest
to several members of xmca.
Note that Sylvia Scribner appears in the story (!).
mike



     Why Do Americans Stink at Math?
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ELIZABETH GREEN

The Common Core should finally improve math education. The problem is that
no one has taught the teachers how to teach it.
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