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The controversy rages about the Bush administration’s NCLB (the chillingly misnamed “No Child Left Behind” act). I believe that this travesty of a boondoggle (the only people who benefit are the testing companies) has the potential to destroy what is left of American public education. [...] Hey, you droogs, There was an interesting post on the Whallah! blog about an article in the Associated Press, concerning the education of math teachers in public schools. Apparently the National Council on Teacher Quality has done a comprehensive study to come to the conclusion that everyone who is not an “expert” has known for years: [...] Some days, like when it’s going to be hot and humid, and you have palettes of rocks to move to make rock walls, and cords of wood to stack, you procrastinate. (What, you don’t?) Today’s procrastination efforts have lead me to invent this little icon: Can you guess what it stands for? I’m not [...] Life-hacks are great little tips that help you shortcut some things that you want to do/learn. For example, mnemonic techniques are hacks for memorizing things; math-hacks are shortcuts for doing mathematical operations. Basically, MathMojo is about math-hacks, some life-hacks, making math meaningful, critical thinking, and Eduction (also know as Edux – which I won’t [...] |
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