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Lessons from The Case of the Missing Dollar

Original photo by didbygraham

Q: When is a Compromise not a Compromise?
A: When it’s a Red Herring

We talked about “red herrings” in the previous posts about “The Case of the Missing Dollar.”

I occasionally do after-school presentations of MathMagic for the C.R.O.P. program in rural upstate New York. I’ve been participating in the program for years, [...]

Eyes Wide Shut

Students and parents, and most teachers are aware of the crisis in American schools today.

It’s fair to say that elements of all of them are part of the problem. But wait…that doesn’t mean that they are the problem.

Important: This post and these observations do not deal with the problem of crime in schools and neighborhoods. [...]