The weak math achievement distribution in America is a complex phenomenon. Four of the root causes are culture, preparation, standards, and practices.
Reuters | Posted 04.12.2012
By Stephanie Simon April 11 (Reuters) - Pity poor math. In the American drive to boost science and math education, it's...
Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 04.05.2012
As a science teacher, principal and educator of more than 30 years, I know that American greatness is born in our schools. STEM education in our classrooms put a man on the moon and created the Internet, and it is the key to America's future.
Will.i.am | Posted 05.23.2012
Everyone in America has a role to play in changing the way kids view math and science, and how they answer the age-old question "what do you want to be when you grow up?"
Marybeth Gasman | Posted 05.05.2012
The good news is that African Americans are earning more college degrees. However in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields, we aren't seeing as much growth.
Alan Grayson | Posted 04.04.2012
Why should we be surprised that the poor can't count? In Mitt Romney's America, they don't count.
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Posted 02.18.2012
This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. When it came time to help her first-graders through a tricky subtraction problem, Rosalie...
David Mumford | Posted 01.30.2012
If we want future adults to learn to use mathematics then we must show them how mathematics is used in ways and situations that are genuine and that are relevant to their own experience. This isn't really all that hard.
Ellen Siminoff | Posted 01.17.2012
If the student can "speak math," the numeric Code of Hammurabi is unearthed and the otherwise garbled texts suddenly come alive. Teachers can then teach. A virtuous cycle is born.
Kelly Trotter King | Posted 01.04.2012
After 16 years as an educational consultant, one of the most often heard phrases that makes me cringe is, "I hate math!". This is generally followed b...
Tony Zini | Posted 12.25.2011
Every once in a while you experience a "perfect storm" in life. Events, circumstances, experiences, even what you are reading all align and tell you the same thing.
Larry Bock | Posted 12.20.2011
The next time we feel dubious over whether today's young people possess the talent, courage, drive and commitment to assume mantles of leadership in innovation for tomorrow's global arena, let's remember stories such as this.
Larry Bock | Posted 11.08.2011
As sure as football rules in autumn, motivating and educating the next generation of innovators is a competition we cannot afford to lose.
Priyamvada Natarajan | Posted 10.31.2011
There is a correlation between math education and the innovation needed to create jobs and spark an economy. Just look at the fact that the U.S. is outranked in the Global Innovation Index by countries such as Singapore, Finland, Korea and Japan.
Posted 10.11.2011
Can you calculate in your head: 4,868 squared? Harvey Mudd College's Professor of Mathematics Arthur Benjamin can. And he tries to beat the calculator...
Posted 09.10.2011
In recently released rankings of how states' primary education systems are preparing students for careers in engineering, Massachusetts, Minnesota and...
James Dyson | Posted 07.03.2011
We should at least provide enough exposure to these subjects so they can consider them as career options. Students should have that choice -- too often they don't.
Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney | Posted 06.07.2011
What can be done to promote STEM education with politicians promoting such views, with communities heartily accepting such an anti-intellectual stance?
Linda Rosen | Posted 05.25.2011
Activision and SAS. You could hardly find two companies that are more different. But both companies agree on one very critical point: Jobs that require math and science are very cool.
Jennifer Anastasoff | Posted 05.25.2011
While there are many reasons why one should choose not to become a teacher, an opaque and challenging hiring system should not be one of them.
Esther Wojcicki | Posted 05.25.2011
What can we do to get kids really excited about math? One thing is to make it relevant to the world today. How about learning to program your cell phone, for example, just to start?
Wired | Katie Drummond | Posted 05.25.2011
Sure, we're all plugged in and online 24/7. But fewer American kids are growing up to be bona fide computer geeks. And that poses a serious security r...
Tom Vander Ark | Posted 06.01.2012