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June 02, 2008

Math Missteps

Barrry Garelick reflects at ednews.org on Capitol Hill's committee response to the recent National Math Advisory Panel's finding that "the delivery system in mathematics education .... is broken and must be fixed." In the wake of a hearing "full of praises for math coaches, technology, and interdisciplinary studies" - missing only "the ritual chorus line kick and singing of Kumbayaa by the Committee members" - Garelick predicts that politicians' reaction, as per usual, will be "authorizations to spend money on hands-on problem solving classes and interdisciplinary approaches" that will still leave "the next generations of high school graduates to benefit from Congress' largess" without a firm grasp of fundamental math.

In the spirit of fuzzy math's emphasis on literacy (v. numeracy) in math, we offer some remedial reading - Mr. Garelick's take on the National Math Panel's actual report recommendations.

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