July 20, 2008 @ 4:00 am | Filed under: Links

• Mariposario: Guess I’m a renegade parent - Deb Ross’s followup post to the math article I linked below.”It’s been obvious to the folks at RIT for a while that the math that kids need to succeed in math and science in college is not what kids are currently being taught by the New York State Standards.”
  
  UPDATED: Deb’s husband, a math professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, adds his commentary on the CNN Math Wars article in a second post.




• Top 10 food scenes in children’s literature | Top 10s | guardian.co.uk Books -

Tags: education, Literature, Math

July 19, 2008 @ 6:03 am | Filed under: Links

• Frustrated parents sneak ‘old math’ to kids - CNN.com - “They call it the Math Wars: The debate, at times acrimonious, over which way is best to teach kids math. In its most black-and-white form, it pits schools hoping to prepare kids for a new world against reluctant parents who feel that the traditional way is best and that their kids are being shortchanged.” (See comments for a link to a very interesting blog post on this topic.)
• The Yale Law Journal - “Home Schooling” in California - Yale Law Journal report on CA homeschooling case: "The views expressed above are consistent with the amicus brief filed by the Department in the Rachel L. case on behalf of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell."

Tags: cahomeschool, education, Math