New York school districts will soon begin revamping math instruction under a new law aimed at improving test scores — but the effort comes amid sharp debate over how math should be taught. “Back to ...

The changes are being driven by students’ lagging performance on international tests and mathematicians’ warnings that more than a decade of so-called reform math — critics call it fuzzy math — has ...

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Defending reform math Several recent letter writers have asked some interesting questions about reform math. Here are some facts: Reform math is based on how math is taught in other countries that are ...

The reforms didn’t even advance the fashionable goal of attracting girls to math: There were fewer women studying college math in 2004 than in 1989 when the Reform Math standards were published. Fewer ...

The Common Core math standards have poured gasoline on the math “reform” fire that has raged for the past 20-plus years. This is particularly true since the national dialogue about Common Core has ...

I consider myself a fairly advanced mathematics student, but I must say, a recurring problem in the Beaverton School District's "reform" math is lack of challenge ("X plus why equals division," Jan 12 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Has your son or daughter brought home math problems that seem strange? Teacher emphasis on "reform math" may be the reason. My ...

When Monica Clemans-Remmen taught second grade at Cedar Valley Community School, parents called to question the way she taught math. “I don’t think I (teach) any math like I was taught,” she said.