Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Teach math as puzzles for kids to solve. That’s more fun than memorization

To the editor: Math classes should be eliminated and replaced by another recess period. In other words, if mathematics or arithmetic was taught as puzzles to be explored and as a fun activity instead ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Math can be hard and abstract. That’s not a reason to teach less of it

To the editor: The piece by Jo Boaler and Steven D. Levitt reveals a blinkered view of what mathematics is and how it gets used in real-life problems such as data analysis. Data analysis and ...
Yahoo

Letters to the Editor: Higher math is everywhere. But should UC require all applicants to learn it?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A student takes notes during a lecture in a college algebra class. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: As a ...
Education Week

Editor’s Note: Teaching Math in the Era of COVID-19

With each passing day, the coronavirus pandemic is rerouting some students’ academic trajectories. That’s among the many frightening but realistic consequences of COVID-19. And an early look at ...
Education Week

Common-Core Math Testing: Using an Equation Editor

Some math experts are worried the computer-based testing platforms that PARCC and Smarter Balanced plan to use for common-core tests this spring will make it tough for students to show what they know, ...
The Michigan Daily

Letter to the Editor: Michigan Math has your best interests at heart

Julianne Yoon/Daily. Buy this photo. I am writing in response to the opinion piece that appeared on March 6: “It’s time to stop dreading ‘Michigan Math.’ ” In the piece, the author describes what she ...