I've been thinking about this for a while, but it requires long-term planning ( Read more... )

Just looking at this recent post from Legal Insurrection:

California Board of Education Puts Pause on Proposed Calculus-Free Math Curriculum

In early May, we reported that the California Board of Education was proposing to eliminate calculus and revise its mathematics curriculum to make it more…equitable ( Read more... )

It won't work, Virginia.

And I am addressing the state of Virginia, not a person named Virginia. Just to be clear.

News item: Va. plans to improve equity, learning opportunities through high school math

The Virginia Department of Education is looking to eliminate all accelerated math courses before students enter 11th grade through the Virginia ( Read more... )

There are multiple reasons to show your work in math, especially when you are learning said math ( Read more... )

Among Top Math Students, Why Does a Gender Gap Persist?

I don't even want to quote this one, because it felt so stupid to me.

This isn't about regular math in K-12, college, or whatever. It's about a specific set of high school math competitions (which I did back in the day, and did okay on them).

I've ranted about this before, and I found my ( Read more... )

In a prior post, I talked about standard deviations in a theoretical model, that was somewhat bolstered by empirical info.

Well, guess what.
( no surprises )

Or some shit like that.

This is part three of three.

Part 1: Teaching Social Justice Instead of Math is an Injustice
Part 2: Differing standard deviations give some people the vapors

( time to jump into the pit )

Here is part two of the three math-related items I mentioned.

To a large extent, the following, like my prior post, is about a lot made out of something that should be minor.

It relates to distributions that could have the same mean, but have vastly different standard deviations. And some people just can't stand dealing with possibility.

( don't be a dick about de-publishing a paper )

I came across three math-related pieces recently and was going to combine them into one post, but it got waaaaay too long.

So I'm splitting it into three posts. Here's the first of the three.

( teaching what you want, because they don't pay enough )

Ah, I've been out of the "MATH NEEDS CHICKS" loop lately, so what did I see via facebook yesterday?

NEWS IN BRIEF:
Young Girls Creeped Out By Older Scientists Constantly Trying To Lure Them Into STEM

Oh, wait. That wasn't it (though I will get back to that one).

It was this:

Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She’ll Thank You Later.Here is the ( Read more... )