Ed Reform 2.0: If You Can Train a Pigeon to Detonate Bombs…

The video is scary:

Scary, and not just mathematically speaking …

Try this for size:

https://mystudentvoices.com/how-old-is-the-shepherd-the-problem-that-shook-school-mathematics-ad89b565fff#.a7llwy3mv

The greatest myth about math education ?

I have to go along with this.

You can get the conclusion, but the rest is quite compelling.

“In conclusion, it would be wonderful to be able to get all students competent in Excel and arithmetic, and a little bit of algebra, statistics and programming. Higher mathematics should be offered and taken by those who need it, or want it; but never required of all students.”

David Edwards teaches math in the Department of Mathematics at the
University of Georgia.

https://fee.org/articles/the-greatest-myth-about-math-education/?utm_medium=popular_widget

The article is from the “Foundation for Economic Education”