As an excellent Columbus Dispatch series highlights, strong mathematics skills are essential for students’ career success and Ohio’s long-term economic growth. Yet nearly 44% of our students annually ...
This is in response to Gov. Dunleavy’s opinion piece in the ADN over the weekend, “The fight for Alaska’s future begins in the classroom.” In the piece, he concludes that Alaska students’ abysmal ...
Regarding the Bloomberg guest editorial, “For too many kids, math isn’t adding up” (Nov. 20 print edition): Memorizing math rules does not always lead to understanding math problems. It may lead to ...
As we approach the May primary, now is a good time to revisit journalists’ love of math. If you think there is a touch of sarcasm there, you are correct. We’re word people, I sometimes say, when a ...