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Is it “No Go?” Or is it “No Math?” My Review of “Go Math!”

Posted on February 25, 2014 by rmberkman

Bill Gates spent over $40,000,000 to fund the Common Core State Standards by donating to a variety of think tanks and teaching organizations. This is a review of Houghton-Mifflin- Harcourt’s “Go Math!”, one of the first curricula that is allegedly … Continue reading →

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How “Conceptua Math” Gets Multiplication Really Wrong…

Posted on September 26, 2013 by rmberkman

For some reason, I’ve been on the email list of an outfit called “Conceptua Math” for the longest time. I think their products are terrible and I’m always amused by the amount of hyperbole they put into their different press … Continue reading →

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Even the Times can’t get the math right….

Posted on April 20, 2011 by rmberkman

You can bet that whenever there is a slow news week, an article will turn up in the New York Times on some new educational “breakthrough” that will finally help all children learn math. This week’s entry into the “miraculous … Continue reading →

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….and two to take him.

Posted on April 14, 2011 by rmberkman

Wasn’t it P.T. Barnum who stated that there was a sucker born every minute, and two to part him with his money? The latest iteration of this comes from Body & Mind Builders, a company in Manhattan that provides yoga, … Continue reading →

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