A reverse chronological listing back to November, 2002, indicating significant additions and amendments to the New York City HOLD main Web page, the NYC HOLD News Page, the NYC HOLD Letters and Testimony Page, and other sub-pages of the site. NYC HOLD and its Founding Committee and National Advisors are described at Who We Are. The NYC HOLD Webmasters are Bas Braams and Elizabeth Carson.
September 13, 2009, 2009
Have you researched your child's math text lately?, by Beth Schultz, The Times Record (ME), September 11, 2009.
April 26, 2009
Palo Alto Parents 2009: Math, web site of Concerned Parents Against Selection of Math Textbook Adoption, Palo Alto, CA.
February 12, 2009
Correcting Fallacies about Educational and Psychological Testing, by Richard P. Phelps (Ed.), American Psychological Association, 2008.
February 10, 2009
Parents for Math Choice in the Tigard-Tualatin (OR) School District.
December 12, 2008
Where's the Math in Branford (CT). Web site of a group of parents concerned over the TERC curriculum in their schools. (Update: now CT Coalition for World Class Math)
November 30, 2008
New Jersey Coalition for World Class Math. Web site, currently focussed on the draft NJ Math Standards.
October 12, 2008
Education in France: A new reckoning. The purity of mathematics is loosing its prestige. The Economist, October 9, 2008.
October 9, 2008
A Close Examination of Jo Boaler's Railside Report, by Wayne Bishop, Paul Clopton and R. James Milgram. Prepared for publication in Education Next.
June 8, 2008
How to Strengthen K-12 Mathematics Education in Massachusetts: Implications of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel's Report, by Sandra Stotsky. Pioneer Institute Policy Brief, [to be] presented at a one-day Pioneer Institute conference, Mathematics Reform: Implications of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel Report, June 16, 2008, in Boston, MA
April 13, 2008
2008 TERC Math vs. 2008 National Math Panel Recommendations, by Bill Quirk, April, 2008.
February 26, 2008
PISA Results and School Mathematics in Finland: strengths, weaknesses and future, by George Malaty, University of Joensuu (2008?).
February 19, 2008
Letters from NYC HOLD Call to Action, December, 2007. Letters cc'ed to nycholdnational@gmail.com; most are in reaction to a column by Michelle Malkin: Fuzzy math: A nationwide epidemic, Nov 28, 2007, or Everyday Math = Junk, Dec 7, 2007.
January 24, 2008
End to school math program sought, by Cheryl K. Chumley, The Potomac News, Jan. 24, 2008.
Math Classes At Elementary Schools Prompt Parents' Outcry, by Ian Shapira, The Washington Post, Jan. 24, 2008.
Petition to remove TERC "Investigations" K-5 Math Curriculum From Prince William County Schools (PWCS), by the parent group Teach Math Right in Prince William County.
US Teens Trail Peers Around World on Math-Science Test, by Maria Glod, The Washington Post, Dec. 4, 2007.
Other Countries' Students Surpass U.S.'s on Test, The New York Times, Dec. 5, 2007.
How Superintendent David Brewer Ran Aground, by Patrick Range McDonald, The LA Weekly, Dec. 26, 2007.
Everyday Math = Junk, by Michelle Malkin, her web site, Dec. 7, 2007.
Everyday Math = Junk, Letters to the Editor in response to an Op-Ed by Michelle Malkin, The New York Post, Dec. 2007.
December 1, 2007
Fuzzy Math: A Nationwide Epidemic, by Michelle Malkin, Nov. 28, 2007. Related: Fuzzy Math Isn't Cuddly, by Michelle Malkin, Op-Ed, The New York Post, Dec 1, 2007, and elsewhere.
November 24, 2007
Evaluation of AP Calculus AB and International Baccalaureate Mathematics SL programs, by David Klein, 2007 (link to two pdf reports).
Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate: Do They Deserve Gold Star Status?, by Sheila Byrd, Lucien Ellington, Paul Gross, Carol Jago, and Sheldon Stern, Fordham Foundation report, November, 2007.
November 21, 2007
N.Y. Gave the Most Breaks for School Exam, by Elizabeth Green, The New York Sun, Nov 21, 2007.
November 20, 2007
Emphasis on mastery of computation skills in 3rd grade textbooks submitted for 2007 Texas SBOE approval, summary chart comparing SRA Real Math (Wright/McG), Saxon Math (Harcourt), enVisionMATH (Scott-Addison), Texas Math (Houghton), Texas HSP Math (Harcourt), Think Math! (Harcourt), Texas Math (Macmillan), and Everyday Math (Wright/McG). By Education Research Analysts, Longview, TX.
Texas Challenges City on Math; State Abandons the Fuzzy Curriculum, by Elizabeth Green, The New York Sun, page 1, Nov 20, 2007.
Singapore Math: Simple or Complex?, by John Hoven and Barry Garelick, Educational Leadership, Vol. 65, Nr. 3, Nov 2007.
The Effects of Cumulative Practice on Mathematics Problem Solving, by Kristen H Mayfield and Philip N Chase, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Vol 35 (2002) pp. 105-123. (PDF format)
Should There Be a Three-Strikes Rule Against Pure Discovery Learning? The Case for Guided Methods of Instruction, by Richard E. Mayer, American Psychologist, Vol. 59 (2004) pp. 14-19. (PDF format)
November 6, 2007
It Works for Me: An Exploration of "Traditional Math" Part 1, by Barry Garelick, EdNews.Org, Nov 4, 2007. Part 2, Nov 5, and Part 3, Nov 7, 2007.
Georgia Parents for Math, web site and forum.
November 4, 2007
The Bellevue [WA] Story (Math program built on foundation of sand), by Bill Hook, Jan 22, 2007. (Word format)
World Class Elementary School Math Standards and Textbooks - Serious Doubts about the Bellevue Claims, by Bill Hook, May 2, 2006. (Method for Calculating Bellevue APTP and SAT Performance, technical note, June 1, 2006.) (Word format)
Texas Instruments news releaseon TI's partnership in the NSF Systemic Change Initiative in New York City, November 9, 1998.
October 28, 2007
Teach Our Kids, Web site of concerned parents in Plymouth-Canton, MI.
September 9, 2007
The Math Debate: When Johnny Can't Count, by Heather Sells, CBN News, September 4, 2007 (transcript and video).
Grading Mayoral Control, by Sol Stern, City Journal, Summer 2007.
Progress in Mathematics research base, by Sandra Stotsky, published by Sadlier-Oxford, 2006.
August 18, 2007
Terky Lerky, ABC-TV Channel 7 (NYC) item of December 18, 2006, on Manhattan District 2's adoption of TERC 2nd edition (YouTube Video). Transcript here.
Math Wars, transcript of The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, May 11, 1998.
A Failure to Produce Better Students, by Senator Robert Byrd, Congressional Record, June 9, 1997.
Elementary School Mathematics Priorities, by W. Stephen Wilson, manuscript, 2007.
Citizens Education Network, Web site.
July 17, 2007
Mindless Math Mutterings, weblog of a concerned CT parent.
July 7, 2007
CCPS Math, web site devoted to restoring fundamentals into the Cecil County, MD, Public School mathematics curriculum.
Bridgewater-Raritan Parents Math Forum, a public discussion forum for parents in Bridgewater-Raritan, NJ.
June 14, 2007
Battle Over Math in New Jersey Drives Off a New Schools Chief, The New York Times, June 14, 2007.
June 12, 2007
Andover Math Suggestion Box, a blog by parents for comments, ideas and concerns about the math curricula at Andover (MA) Public Schools.
June 10, 2007
A comprehensive asessment of CMP (Connected Math Program) deficiencies leading to supplementation that meets key traditional educational needs, a project presented towards the degree of Master of Education at Cambridge College, Cambridge, MA, by Donald Wartonick, Fall 2005.
May 18, 2007
Clayton Math Matters, web site to create community awareness of math issues in the Clayton, Missouri, School District.
OPTIMA, web site of Oregon Parents for Thorough Instruction in Mathematics.
May 13, 2007
The Fuzzy Math Mindset Behind Phil Mickelson ExxonMobil Math, by William G. Quirk, 2007.
Frederick Education Reform, website of concerned parents in Frederick County, MD.
Mathematics - Village of Ridgewood, website of a parent group in Ridgewood, NJ.
April 13, 2007 POBMATH.com, website for parents in the Plainview - Old Bethpage school district who are concerned about the TERC Investigations Math curriculum.
April 10, 2007
I Could Go On, by Barry Garelick, response to an article in Education Week, March 16, 2007.
Dublin Math Matters, web site of a parent group in Dublin, OH.
Columbia Parents for Real Math, web site of a parent group in Columbia, MO.
March 27, 2007 A Quality Math Curriculum in Support of Effective Teaching for Elementary Schools, by William Hook, Wayne Bishop and John Hook, Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2007 (requires subscription). The authors' preprint is here (Word format)
March 22, 2007
And an Essayist Misreads Alfred North Whitehead, by Stanley Ocken, Letters, Education Week, March 21, 2007.
February 25, 2007
Independent Analysis of Mathematics Textbooks, Joint Research Project of Texas Public Policy Foundation and Education Connection of Texas, January, 1999. (PDF format)
February 18, 2007
Math with Madeline, by Where's the Math, Feb 2007. A 5th grader compares different math programs. (Video)
Math Education: A University View, by Cliff Mass and Where's the Math. About mathematics education in WA. (Video)
Opposed to Everyday Mathematics program in Hollis, NH, by Tony Falcone, Ph.D., from letter to school board.
Petition for the removal of TERC Investigations curriculum from math instruction, web site of parent group in Plainview-Old Bethpage, NY.
January 22, 2007
Math Education: An Inconvenient Truth, by M. J. McDermott and Where's the Math. About the current state of math education in 4th and 5th grades. (Video)
Are Our Students Better Now? by W. Stephen Wilson (Johns Hopkins University). Same freshman calculus exam in 1989 and in 2006. (PDF format)
Reflections on the NCTM Focal Points by Stanley Ocken, January 2007.
December 21, 2006
I'm failing first grade, by Elena Beyzarov, special to NYC HOLD, November 17, 2006.
School math books, nonsense, and the National Science Foundation, by David Klein, Guest Editorial to be published in the American Journal of Physics, December 2006.
Down for the Count?, by Melana Zyla Vickers, The Weekly Standard, November 6, 2006.
Math wars strike at core, by Nicole Stricker, The Salt Lake Tribune, November 19, 2006.
Put two and two together, additional NYDN reader reactions, unpublished letters to the editor in response to Put two and two together, by Elizabeth Carson, Op-Ed, the New York Daily News, October 16, 2006.
Summary of Indiana Mathematics Standards for Kindergarten - Grade 8 and High School; see also Scope and Sequence.
November 18, 2006
The Case for Bringing Content into the Language Arts Block and for a Knowledge-Rich Curriculum Core for all Children, by E. D. Hirsch, Jr., The American Educator, Spring 2006.
For Math Students, Self-Esteem Might Not Equal High Scores, by Jay Mathews, The Washington Post, October 18, 2006.
A Textbook Case in Textbook Adoption, by Barry Garelick, Essay, Nonpartisan Education Review, Vol 2, Nr. 6, 2006.
Arithmetic Problem. New Report Urges Return to Basics In Teaching Math, by John Hechinger, The Wall Street Journal, September 12, 2006.
Teaching Math, Singapore Style, Editorial, The New York Times, September 18, 2006.
Study: Reform math doesn't help scores, by Genevieve Marshall, The Morning Call [Allentown, PA], June 14, 2005.
A Lose-Lose Situation For New York, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, November 17, 2006.
Losing Confidence [in Public Education], by Marty Rosenfeld, October 25, 2006.
Telling What We Know, Part I, by Marty Rosenfeld, October 17, 2005. Part II, Part III, Part IV,
Coming to our senses, by Marty Rosenfeld, September 15, 2006.
New math programs [Investigations, Everyday] are widely criticized, by Holly Horrigan, Letters, The Needham Times [MA], November 18, 2006.
Westford math programs [TERC Investigations] flawed, by Deanna E. Bossia, Letters, The Lowell [MA] Sun, November 15, 2006.
November 16, 2006
Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching, by Paul A. Kirschner, John Sweller, and Richard E. Clark. Educational Psychologist, 41(2) 75-86, 2006.
Instruction versus exploration in science learning: Recent psychological research calls "discovery learning" into question, by Rachel Adelson, American Psychological Association, Monitor on Psychology, June, 2004.
It seems that even educators have a hard time learning, by Linda Seebach, Rocky Mountain News, October 21, 2006.
Utah's 'fuzzy math' curriculum scrapped; legislators endorse plan to revamp state standards, The Salt Lake City Tribune, November 16, 2006.
State leaders support math overhaul for schools, The Deseret Morning News, November 16, 2006.
Yes2Math, Kitsap Cty (WA), Math Curriculum/Math Reform Links for parents in Kitsap County, WA.
November 14, 2006
Put two and two together, NYDN reader reactions, Letters to the Editor, the New York Daily News, October 20-27, 2006.
October 22, 2006
Understanding and misunderstanding the Third International Mathematics and Science Study: what is at stake and why K-12 education studies matter, by Alan Siegel, Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM2006), Volume III: Invited Lectures, M. Sanz-Sole, J. Soria, L.L. Varona, and J. Verdera, Ed., pp. 1599--1630 (2006).
October 16, 2006
Put two and two together, by Elizabeth Carson, Op-Ed, the New York Daily News, October 16, 2006.
October 14, 2006
Washington's Math Standards, Presentation at Seattle Parents' night, by David Klein, October 6, 2006. [ppt]
Why Do Standards Matter, Presentation at University of Washington Mathematics Department, by David Klein, October 6, 2006. [ppt]
Presentation at Seattle Parents' night, by R. James Milgram, October 6, 2006. [ppt]
US K-12 Mathematics Education Reform 1989 - present, by Elizabeth Carson, Presentation at Seattle Community Math Forum, April 25, 2006. [ppt]
K-12 Mathematics: Some Warning Signs, by Clifford Mass, Presentation at Seattle Community Math Forum, April 25, 2006. [ppt]
A Brief Comparison of Two Math Curricula and the Impact Each May have on Your Child's Learning, by Craig Parsley, Presentation at Seattle Community Math Forum, April 25, 2006. [ppt]
October 11, 2006
An Open Letter in Support of California's Standards System for K-12 Education, from Faculty members and administrators from colleges and universities in California to Governor Schwarzenegger and Members of the California Legislature, Sep/Oct 2006.
October 1, 2006
National report backs math parents in Penfield, by Amy Cavalier, The Penfield Post, Sep 26, 2006.
Cleaning up mess left by math council (Guidelines damaged an entire nation), Editorial, The Rocky Mountain News, Sep. 19, 2006.
Turnaround In the Math Wars, by Andy Wolf, The New York Sun, Sep 15, 2006.
Report Urges Changes in the Teaching of Math in U.S. Schools, by Tamar Lewin, The New York Times, Sep 13, 2006.
Fuzzy memory on fuzzy math, by Debra J. Saunders, Jewish World Review, Sep 14, 2006.
Miracle Math; A successful program from Singapore tests the limits of school reform in the suburbs, by Barry Garelick, Education Next, 2006 Nr. 4.
Math Curriculum Content is Critical, by Jo Anne Cobasko, Letters, The Thousand Oaks (CA) Acorn, July 20, 2006.
Changes on tap in Penfield High math program, by Amy Cavalier, The Penfield Post, June 7, 2006.
Report on the Wright Group's Growing With Mathematics K-6 Curriculum (author Calvin Irons 2004), by Tyler Jarvis, Brigham Young University, May 2, 2006.
Greece looks at new math book, by Meaghan McDermott, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, April 30, 2006.
Still unhappy with Everyday Math, by Jo Anne Cobasko, Letters, The Thousand Oaks (CA) Acorn, Nov 10, 2005.
Reader Objects to Everyday Math, by Jo Anne Cobasko, Letters, The Thousand Oaks (CA) Acorn, Dec 30, 2004.
Questions Schools, by James and Jo Anne Cobasko, Letters, The Thousand Oaks (CA) Acorn, Oct 21, 2004.
Weapons of Math Destruction, a web site "dedicated to peacefully disarming fuzzy math".
Olympia Parent Advocates for Real Math (WA), web site of parent activist group OlyPARM.
September 4, 2006
A Failure to Produce Better Students, by Senator Robert Byrd, June 9, 1997.
What I Learned in Elementary School, by Ron Aharoni, The American Educator, Fall 2005.
A quarter century of US 'maths wars' and political partisanship, by David Klein, preprint, to appear in the BSHM Bulletin, the journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics.
April 2, 2006
Re Everyday Mathematics and Saxon Math, by Bas Braams, Letter to Kanawha, WV, School Board Members, March 29, 2006.
April 1, 2006
Rebuttal to an essay by California Assembly member Jackie Goldberg, by Ze'ev Wurman, March 29, 2006.
March 22, 2006
Organizations in Other Countries, a collection of links.
March 20, 2006
Savage Inconsistencies: Kozol's Intellectual Confusion, by Sandra Stotsky, book review on EducationNews.Org, March, 2006.
March 19, 2006
Smart Kids Need Not Apply [to Carmen Farina], by Michael Goodwin, Opinion, NY Daily News, March 19, 2006.
March 17, 2006
Math Matters, web site of a parent campaign for choice against Investigations, Connected, and Core Plus in Spokane, WA.
March 14, 2006
What does it take to learn algebra? First you have to master the fundamentals, By Karin Klein, The Los Angeles Times, Feb 4, 2006.
Every State Left Behind, by Diane Ravitch, Op-Ed, The New York Times, Nov 7, 2005.
The New New Math, Applied, by Nilanjan Banerjee, The Dartmouth Review, Jan 13, 1999.
Why American Students Know So Little American History and What We Can Do About It, by Sandra Stotsky, on EducationNews.Org, Oct 6, 2005.
Re: Soft-Headed on Schools, by Elizabeth Carson, Letter to the Editor , The New York Post, Dec 18, 2005 (not published).
Parents grade math programs, by Nanci Hutson, The News-Times of Danbury, CT, March 4, 2006.
The Fall of the Standard-Bearers, by Diane Ravitch, Opinion, The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 10, 2006.
Interview with University of MD Mathematics Professor Jerome Dancis, The Baltimore, MD, Curriculum Project, Jan 2, 2006.
Goldberg as schools chief a disaster, by Jill Stewart, Guest Columnist, The Los Angeles Daily News, March 5, 2006.
Math petition circulating; Professors seek use of California's curriculum, by Lauren Hancock, the Deseret (UT) Morning News, March 2, 2006.
Professor: Clearer math standards needed, by Anna Chang-Yen, The (Central Utah) Daily Herald, March 3, 2006.
[TERC Investigations] curriculum questions need answering, by Dave Horrigan, Letters, The Needham (MA) Times at TownOnline.Com, March 3, 2006
Parents do not need an added burden of paying for math tutors, Letters, The Bedford (NH) Bulletin, March 2, 2006
The Coming Disaster in Science Education in America, by John Saxon, March, 1993, reposted on EducationNews.Org, Feb 2006.
If We Really Hope to Improve Mathematics Education, by Allen Quist, Feb 9, 2006, on edwatch.org.
Newton (MA) Parents for Education, a parent activists' web site.
Math for all: Repairing an incoherent curriculum, by Lucia Dolan, Guest Commentary, The Newton (MA) Tab, Feb 8, 2006.
Newton Parents urges school accountability, by Daniel Black, The Newton (MA) Tab, Feb 8, 2006.
January 29, 2006
Parents decry 'Dummy Math' Dozens protest new Marion [Core Plus] curriculum, by Kevin Kane, The [Cedar Rapids, IA] Gazette Online, Jan 24, 2006.
Dad puzzled by approach to math, English, By Linda Borg, The Providence Journal, Jan 17, 2006. "This curriculum [TERC Investigations] is the most horrific thing," says Osiris Harrell, whose youngest children are in elementary school.
Math program changes get mixed reviews, by Amy Cavalier, The Penfield Post, Dec 8, 2005.
First, learn high school material, by Stephen Zilora, Letters, The Penfield Post, Dec 8, 2005.
Board can't seem to get the math right, by Karen Zilora, Letters, The Penfield Post, Nov 17, 2005.
"Reform" math: Examining the pluses, minuses, By Linda Shaw, The Seattle Times, Dec 5, 2005.
TERC Investigations is math nightmare for Seekonk parents, by Chloe Randall, East Bay, RI, Newspapers, Nov 23, 2005.
Students Against "Fuzzy" Math. Web site of an organization of students and parents.
Where's the Math, Web site of Washington Parents and Educators for Mathematically Correct Curriculum.
Why Johnny can't calculate, by David Klein and Jennifer Marple, Op-Ed, The Los Angeles Times, Sep 26, 2005.
January 7, 2006
Controversy over Mathematics in Penfield, NY, Public Schools, an ongoing index by NYC HOLD, updated Jan 7, 2006. See also Teach Us Math, by Parents Concerned With Penfield's Math Programs.
'Innovative' Math, but Can You Count?, by Samuel G. Freedman, The New York Times, November 9, 2005.
December 20, 2005
Parents mad over new math curriculum, by Anna Chang-Yen, The [Central Utah] Daily Herald, Nov 24, 2005. Note also the Comment section at the bottom of the article.
New study finds U.S. math students consistently behind their peers in the world, press release in connection with a report, Reassessing US International Mathematics Performance: New Findings from the 2003 TIMSS and PISA, by the American Institute for Research, Nov 22, 2005.
The ongoing math wars: division by subtraction, by Niki Hayes, Op-Ed, The Seattle Times, Dec 15, 2005.
November 7, 2005
Mathematics in the NYC Children First Initiative, by Fred Greenleaf. Presented at the CIMSE Forum Delivery on the Promise of Mayoral Control, New York University, Oct 2, 2005.
Mathematics Education Reform: Toward a Coherent K-12 Curriculum, by Stanley Ocken. Presented at the CIMSE Forum Delivery on the Promise of Mayoral Control, New York University, Oct 2, 2005.
Why Reading Teachers Are Not Trained to Use a Research-Based Pedagogy: Is Institutional Reform Possible?, by Sandra Stotsky. Presented at the CIMSE Forum Delivery on the Promise of Mayoral Control, New York University, Oct 2, 2005.
Lessons in the proper use of numbers and politics as usual, by Elizabeth Carson, Letter to the Editor, The Daily News, Oct 21, 2005 (not published).
New Milford Schools to try out Singapore Math and Saxon Math, by Lynda Wellman, The New Milford (CT) Spectrum, August 26, 2005.
An Education Revolution That Never Was (Mayoral Control in NYC), by Sol Stern, Education Next, Fall 2005.
Parents call school board meeting into question, Math textbooks were approved at a special meeting, by Amy Cavalier, The Penfield (NY) Post, August 18, 2005.
Bill Gates' Guinea Pigs, by Bob Geballe, Seattle Weekly, July 20, 2005.
Invasion of the Math Snatchers, by Barry Fagin, Op-Ed, Independence Institute,January 14, 2004.
Concerning the Y2005 New York City Test Scores, testimony to NYC Council Committee on Education by Dr. Lori Mei, June 27, 2005.
Concerning the NYC/NYS 2005 ELA Test Scores, testimony to NYC Council Committee on Education by Robert J. Tobias, June 27, 2005.
School Board Endorsement of Everyday Math Doesn't Add Up, by Ann Marie Banfield, Letters, The Bedford (NH) Bulletin, Oct 6, 2005.
October 24, 2005
My Life With ACHIEVE, by Ralph Raimi, Sep 25, 2005. An account of the author's interaction with the organization.
October 19, 2005
Norton News Investigations Math Summary, by Oak Norton. Web site around a petition to restore a rigorous math curriculum in Utah.
September 24, 2005
Making the Grade: Education Reform in New York City, a three-part series of New York Voices on NYC TV Channel 13. Part 1: A Standard Curriculum, with Elizabeth Carson and Sol Stern, a.o.; Part 2: The Small School Initiative; Part 3: Money, Power, and Public Accountability.
September 16, 2005
Math and Reading, Delivery on the Promise of Mayoral Control, announcement and agenda of a Forum at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, October 2, 2005. A Flyer for the event.
August 13, 2005
Weighing the Factors - Does the City's Standardized Math Curriculum Measure Up?, by Amy Sara Clark, YouthMatters, Columbia University Journalism Program, 2004.
July 22, 2005
Math at Penfield, NY, high school not effective, by Jeffrey J. Folkins, email to Penfield School Board, July 15, 2005.
July 19, 2005
The World According to Cathy Seeley, by Donna Garner, EducationNews.Org, July 18, 2005.
July 18, 2005
Doing the Fox Trot with Cathy Seeley (current president, NCTM), by Barry Garelick, EducationNews.Org, July 18, 2005.
July 16, 2005
Fork in road facing Denver Public Schools chief, Editorial, The Rocky Mountain News, July 16, 2005.
July 14, 2005
Why American kids aren't learning math, by Ralph A. Raimi, The Greece (NY) Post, July 8, 2005.
Bloomberg's big boast, by Elizabeth Carson, Letter, October 11, 2004.
July 11, 2005
[Penfield, NY] Old School and New School Clash, by Kate Welshofer, Rochester (NY) R-News TV, April 26, 2005.
July 10, 2005
[Penfield, NY] Math curriculum hurting have-nots, by John R. Jorgensen, Letters, The Penfield Post, June 23, 2005.
[Penfield, NY] School Board: Only one math program, by Amy Cavalier, The Penfield Post, June 23, 2005.
Controversy over Mathematics in Penfield, NY, Public Schools, index to relevant NYC HOLD pages, ongoing.
A flawed defense of fuzzy math, by Matthew W. Geherin, Letters, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, June 20, 2005.
July 9, 2005
Homeschooling and test scores, by Jo Anne Cobasko, Letters, The Ventura County Star, June 8, 2005.
Subjects, Mathematics, by The Illinois Loop, ongoing.
A national math briefer for parents, by Parents for Better Schools in Fairfax County, VA.
Everyday Math = 'Someday' Problems, by Karen Jones-Budd, posted April 25, 2003, on PBSfx: Parents for Better Schools in Fairfax County, VA.
July 8, 2005
Denver Public Schools Not Alone in Hiring Outsider, by Kevin Vaughan, The Rocky Mountain News, July 5, 2005.
Presentation for Math Town Hall in Colorado Springs, by Barry Fagin, Feb 2, 2004.
Neglecting math can add up to trouble, by Barry Fagin, Opinion, The Colorado Springs Gazette, Jan 20, 2005.
Re: Diane Ravitch, Where the Mayor Went Wrong, by Carla Albers, Letter to the Editor, The Wall Street Journal, May 12, 2005 (not published).
Re: The Best Ways to Make Schoolchildren Learn? We Just Don't Know, by Carla Albers, Letters, The Wall Street Journal, Jan 7, 2005.
July 6, 2005
Opportunities Lost: How New York City got derailed on the way to school reform, by Sol Stern, Fwd, The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, Dec 3, 2004.
July 5, 2005
Schools That Don't Work, letter to Hedrick Smith Productions by Laurie Kelleher, March 25, 2005.
District 2 Community Education Council questions "constructivist" mathematics curricula, letter to Regional and District superintendents from CECD2, June 27, 2005.
The Curricular Smorgasbord, by Williamson M. Evers and Paul Clopton, in Our Schools and Our Future ...Are We Still at Risk?, edited by Paul E. Peterson, Hoover Institution Press, 2003.
Petition to Upgrade Maryland's Mathematics Standards, by Jerry Dancis, Steve Wilson, Jack Morava and 50 further MD math and science faculty, 2002.
A Russian Teacher in America, by Andrei Toom, The American Educator, Fall 1993.
Mathematics Standards of the Puerto Rico Department of Education: Analysis and Recommendations, by Philip Pennance, June 2002.
July 4, 2005
Bas Braams: Further advice for the incoming superintendent of Denver Public Schools. Letter to Michael Bennet by Bas Braams, July 4/5, 2005.
Watching Curriculum and Academics at DPS under Michael Bennet, a collection of links, by NYC HOLD, July 4, 2005 and ongoing.
Wayne Bishop: Advice for the new superintendent of Denver Public Schools. Letter to columnist Linda Seebach by Wayne Bishop, June 30, 2005.
Barry Garelick: Advice for the new superintendent of Denver Public Schools. Letter to columnist Linda Seebach by Barry Garelick, June 30, 2005.
July 3, 2005
Mike McKeown: Advice for the new superintendent of Denver Public Schools. Letter to columnist Linda Seebach by Mike McKeown, June 30, 2005.
July 2, 2005
Bas Braams: Advice for the new superintendent of Denver Public Schools. Letter to columnist Linda Seebach by Bas Braams, July 1, 2005.
An advice sampler for new DPS chief Bennet [but really for any new schools chief], by Linda Seebach, The Rocky Mountain News, July 2, 2005.
June 24, 2005
Math Wars in Simsbury, by Nathan Conz, The Hartford Advocate, June 9, 2005.
San Diego and NYC "Schools That Work" No Model for Reform. Letter to Hedrick Smith Productions by Carolyn Prager, Advocates for Public Representation in Public Education, April 22, 2005.
Parent Petition for Traditional Mathematics in Clayton, MO, High School, from an email of Marguerite Bliss to Elizabeth Carson, May 8, 2005.
June 22, 2005
FOIA Request re June 2005 District of Columbia Textbook Adoption, Letter by Barry Garelick, June 21, 2005.
June 20, 2005
Advice Against Everyday Mathematics and Connected Mathematics Project (CMP) for DC Public Schools, by Ralph Raimi. Letter to DCPS Superintendent and Board, June 15, 2005.
Ethnomathematics, by Diane Ravitch, Opinion, The Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2005.
June 18, 2005
The Chancellor's Performance at June 1, 2005, District 2 CEC Math Forum, by Elizabeth Carson. Letter to Chancellor Klein, June 9, 2005.
Saxon versus Everyday Mathematics in the DCPS Curriculum Adoption, by Karen Budd-Jones. Letter to DCPS Superintendent and Board, June 15, 2005.
Advice Against Everyday Mathematics and Connected Mathematics Project for DCPS, by Adele J. Hlasnik. Letter to DCPS Superintendent and Board, June 15, 2005.
New Milford to test new mathematics curriculum, by Nanci G. Hutson, The News-Times of Greater Danbury, CT, June 18, 2005
[New Milford] District considers traditional math plan, by Nanci G. Hutson, The News-Times of Greater Danbury, CT, May 31, 2005.
New Milford [CT] Parents criticize Everyday Mathematics Program, by Lynda Wellman, The New Milford Spectrum, December 17, 2004.
New direction needed for Providence [RI] schools, by Henry Marciano, Letters, The Providence Journal, June 17, 2005.
June 17, 2005
Disappointed in the Adoption of UCSMP Everyday Mathematics. Letter to the DCPS Superintendent, by Barry Garelick, June 17, 2005.
Advice Against the Adoption of "Everyday Mathematics". Letter to the DCPS Board Chair and Superintendent, by Barry Garelick, June 15, 2005.
Educational Standards Under Assault, Editorial, The New York Times, June 17, 2005.
Penfield parents dig for math answers, by Enid Arbelo, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, June 17, 2005.
June 16, 2005
District of Columbia Math Textbook Adoption, Everyday Mathematics and Worse. Letter to the DCPS Board and Superintendent, by Bas Braams, June 15, 2005.
June 14, 2005
Why Penfield's kids aren't learning math, by Ralph Raimi, Guest Essay, The Penfield (NY) Post, June 9, 2005.
Re: Where the Mayor Went Wrong (Diane Ravitch), by Nicole Vianna, Letter to the Editor, the WSJ, May 12, 2005 (not published).
NCTM "Principles and Standards" and the Ten Myths About Learning Math, by Ellen Hoerle, Letter to the Editor, The WP, June 7, 2005 (not published).
10 Myths (Maybe) About Teaching Math, by Jonathan Goodman, Letter to the Editor, the Washington Post, June 3, 2005 (not published).
America's Fading Competitive Edge, by Edward Grossman, Letters, The New York Times, May 13, 2005.
If You Can't Make History Try Re-Writing It [North Andover], by Ralph Wilbur, The Valley Patriot (TommyDuggan.Com), May, 2005.
A rush to judgment?, by Diane Ravitch, The Education Gadfly, April 28, 2005.
With the Best of Intentions: Lessons Learned in K-12 Education Philanthropy, a meeting at the American Enterprise Institute, April 25, 2005.
Education School Crisis, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, March 21, 2005.
Educational Potpourri [Balanced literacy, the UFT, and "Success for All"], School Scope by Norman Scott, The Wave (Rockaway, NY), Feb 11, 2005.
He's Baaack [Anthony Alvarado], School Scope by Norman Scott, The Wave (Rockaway, NY), May 6, 2005.
Mathematically Declined, School Scope by Norman Scott, The Wave (Rockaway, NY), May 7, 2004.
De-evolution, School Scope by Norman Scott, The Wave (Rockaway, NY), Feb 25, 2005.
PBS To Air Education Infomercial, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, March 11, 2005.
Things don't add up in B.C. math classes, by Bill Hook and Karin Litzcke, Op-Ed, The Vancouver Sun, March 4, 2005.
Is the Math Teacher or the Math Program the Problem? Or Both, by Sandra Stotsky, The Valley Patriot (TommyDuggan.Com), March, 2005.
Announcing the Courant Initiative for the Mathematical Sciences in Education (CIMSE), by Elizabeth Carson, June 14, 2005.
June 9, 2005
Short Response to Tunis's Letter to the Editor on Technology in College, by W. Stephen Wilson, Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 58, issue 3 (Jan 2005).
June 5, 2005
NYC HOLD Letters and Testimony Page. Material that used to be on our News page.
June 3, 2005
School district is testing new way to teach math, by Tracy Loew, The Statesman Journal (OR), May 28, 2005.
Progressive Education: One Parent's Journey, by Rob Kremer, Oregon's Future, Winter 2005.
New York City's K-8 Math Programs Woefully Inadequate, a letter to Chancellor Klein from Bruce Winokur, June 2, 2005.
Another unhappy parent sounds off on Everyday Math, by Lisa Lima, Letters, The Thousand Oaks Acorn, June 2, 2005.
June 2, 2005
Our nation is still 'at risk' more than 20 years after 1983 study, by Karen Zilora, Opinion, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, June 2, 2005.
Focusing on the why of math, pupils miss the how, by Sharon Palmiter, Opinion, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, June 2, 2005.
June 1, 2005
High School Math Programs That Work, presentation at a math forum sponsored by the Community Education Council of District 2 (Manhattan), by Fred Greenleaf, June 1, 2005.
Math Disaster, A New York teacher on why business is booming for math tutors on the Upper East Side, by Bruce Winokur, op-ed, The New York Sun, June 1, 2005.
Multiculturalism: E Pluribus Plures, Ethnomathematics, by Diane Ravitch, undated.
Ten Myths (Truly) About Learning Math, Letter to the Editor, The Washington Post, May 31, 2005 (not published).
May 31, 2005
10 Myths (Maybe) About Learning Math, by Jay Mathews, the Washington Post, May 31, 2005.
May 26, 2005
Penfield's Math Programs, Letter to Penfield School Board Members by Bill Munch for "Parents Concerned with Penfield's Math Programs", May 25, 2005.
May 25, 2005
Kitchen Table Math. A Wiki/Blog about doing math with your children, by Carolyn Johnston and Catherine Johnson.
May 24, 2005
Constructivist mathematics curricula in NYC District 2, position paper for a CSD 2 / Region 9 Parents Meeting, by Bruce Winokur, May 24, 2005.
May 22, 2005
NYC HOLD announces launch of seminal Web site on NYC math education. Press release, October 28, 2002.
May 21, 2005
SOCMM Public Comments on Everyday Math. Testimony by Jo Anne Cobasko and Bill Faust for Save Our Children from Mediocre Math to Conejo Valley (CA) school board, May 10, 2005.
Seeking "Math Choice" in Conejo Valley, CA. Testimony by Jo Anne Cobasko for SOCMM to CVUSD school board, March 22, 2005; also Testimony of March 8, 2005, and Letter to Superintendent and School Board of February 27, 2005.
Every Day Math does not meet CA math standards: "Not a Wise Decision", by Richard Zisko, Letters/Op-Ed, The Ventura County (CA) Star, February 28, 2005.
May 20, 2005
'Fuzzy math' lesson failed, by Matthew W. Geherin, Letters, The Penfield (NY) Post, May 19, 2005.
What To Make Of the New Test Results, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, May 20, 2005.
May 19, 2005
Simsbury Math Wars. Web site of Parents Seeking Math Proficiency in Simsbury, CT.
Petition to eliminate TERC Investigations and CMP as core mathematics curriculum, by Parents Seeking Math Proficiency in Simsbury, CT, May, 2005.
May 18, 2005
Parents Question "Fuzzy" Math , by Holly Maynard, Channel 13 WHAM, Rochester (NY), May 18, 2005.
May 13, 2005
Gotham's High Schools Miss Top 100, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, May 13, 2005.
May 12, 2005
Where the Mayor Went Wrong. Would you want to study at a Bloomberg school?, by Diane Ravitch, Wall Street Journal Opinion.com, May 12, 2005.
May 10, 2005
Schools Back to Old Style Math, by Andy Smith, The Eagle Tribune (MA), March 24, 2005.
The Manhattan Project (New Standards in CSD#2), by Jill Grossman, City Limits Monthly, February 2000.
For some, 'fuzzy math' simply doesn't add up, by Enid Arbelo, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, May 10, 2005.
May 6, 2005
CVUSD math curriculum [Everyday Mathematics] criticized by some, by Michelle Knight, The Thousand Oakes Acorn, front page, March 24, 2005; followed by Everyday Math has its proponents, March 31, 2005.
Save Our Children from Mediocre Math. Web site of an activist group in the Conejo Valley (CA) Unified School District.
May 5, 2005
More than 600 petition for math changes, by Amy Cavalier, The Penfield (NY) Post, May 5, 2005.
A numbers question - Involved Penfield parents are taking on the math curricula, Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicl, May 4, 2005.
May 4, 2005
Ten Myths About Math Education And Why You Shouldn't Believe Them, by Karen Budd, Elizabeth Carson, Barry Garelick, David Klein, R. James Milgram, Ralph A. Raimi, Martha Schwartz, Sandra Stotsky, Vern Williams, and W. Stephen Wilson, May 4, 2005.
Teach Us Math, a Web site by "Parents Concerned With Penfield's Math Programs", Penfield, NY.
April 27, 2005
Parents give new math programs [TERC, CMP, and Core Plus] a big fat minus, by Enid Arbelo, Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle, April 27, 2005.
Presentation of a Mathematics Petition to Penfield (NY) BOE, by Bill Munch for "Parents Concerned with Penfield's Math Programs", April 26, 2005.
Statement for the BOE of Penfield, NY, Regarding Its Mathematics Programs, by Ralph A. Raimi, April 26, 2005.
Mathematics Petitions to Be Presented to Penfield (NY) BOE, Press release from "Parents Concerned with Penfield's Math Programs", April 26, 2005.
April 20, 2005
When Does a School Board Take Action?, The Penfield (NY) Post, March 24, 2005.
Parents still divided on new math program, The Penfield (NY) Post, March 10, 2005.
Schools Must Face Up to Math Woes, by Claudia Lioy, Letters, The Penfield (NY) Post, March 17, 2005.
Mathematics Learning, San Diego Segment, PBS Documentary "Schools That Work", by William R. Hook to Hedrick Smith Productions, March 29, 2005.
PBS Documentary "Schools That Work" and TERC Investigations Mathematics, by Stanley Ocken to Hedrick Smith Productions, March 27, 2005.
PBS Documentary "Schools That Work" and Manhattan District 2, by Betsy Scherl to Hedrick Smith Productions, March 29, 2005.
Successful District 2 in NYC?, by Ralph A. Raimi to Hedrick Smith Productions, March 26, 2005.
Hedrick Smith "Schools That Work" and Manhattan District 2, by Betsy Combier to Hedrick Smith Productions, March 26, 2005.
PBS Documentary "Schools That Work" and College Mathematics, by W. Stephen Wilson to Hedrick Smith Productions, March 26, 2005.
April 17, 2005
Find the Area of Weakness, by Theodore Nutting, Op-Ed, The Seattle Times, March 19, 2005.
Failing the Wrong Grades, by Diane Ravitch. Op-Ed, The New York Times, March 15, 2005.
Recommendations for Reforming the American High School. A Memorandum to the Governors of the Fifty States from the K-12 Committee of the National Association of Scholars. Memo drafted by Sandra Stotsky, R. James Milgram, and Elizabeth Carson.
Parents question math strategies - They fear schools focus too much on talk, not enough on facts, by Vanessa Parks, The Boston Globe, March 13, 2005.
A Conversation with Peter Lax, From Budapest to Los Alamos, a Life in Mathematics, by Claudia Dreifus, The New York Times, March 29, 2005.
Not-So-Gifted Grownups Plan For Gifted Children, by Henry J. Stern, New York Civic, March 25, 2005.
The Textbook Adoption Mess--And What Reformers are Doing to Fix It, by Melissa Ezarik, District Administration, March, 2005.
Study Finds Poor Performance by Nation's Education Schools, by Greg Winter, The New York Times, March 15, 2005.
Sizing Up Math, by Rita Savard, The Andover Townsman, March 10, 2005.
Trouble in the workshop - Mandated model hampers learning in secondary schools, by Deirdre McFadyen, New York Teacher, Feb 17, 2005.
Mountain: Math Curriculum Doesn't Add Up. On anti-racist multicultural mathematics in Newton, MA, by Tom Mountain, The Newton (MA) Tab, Jan 12, 2005.
The State of State Math Standards 2005, by David Klein, Bastiaan J. Braams, Thomas Parker, William Quirk, Wilfried Schmid, W. Stephen Wilson, Chester E. Finn, Jr., Justin Torres, Lawrence Braden, and Ralph A. Raimi, The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, Jan 2005.
New York State Mathematics Core Curriculum MST Standard 3, PreK-12, revised edition, March, 2005. See also Mathematics Toolkit Curriculum Guidance Materials and Resources, March 2005.
Board of Regents Issues Draft Revised Math Standards for Public Comment. Press release, New York State Board of Regents, Nov 4, 2004.
Mathematics Reform and Professional Development, by Patricia Bailey. Testimony to the Seattle School Board, January 05, 2005.
Most Middle School Math Curricula Not Based on Evidence of Effectiveness, Study Finds. Press release, Nov 17, 2004, regarding a study by the What Works Clearinghouse on Middle School Math Curricula.
March 3, 2005
Public Statement to member of the Higher Education and Public Policy Joint Committee of the Minnesota Legislature, by Lawrence Gray, Jan 25, 2001.
February 24, 2005
An A-Maze-ing Approach To Math, by Barry Garelick. Education Next, Spring 2005.
Curriculum-based interventions for increasing K-12 math achievement: middle school. A report from the What Works Clearinghouse, Dec 2004.
What the United States Can Learn from Singapore's World Class Mathematics System, by Alan Ginsburg, Steven Leinwand, Terry Anstrom and Elizabeth Pollock. AIR Report, Jan 2005. (PDF format)
January 30, 2005
Testimony re: TERC Investigations Mathematics Program, by Patricia Bailey, to the Seattle School Board, October and November, 2004.
Fordham Review of Washington State Math Standards, by Patricia Bailey. Testimony to the Seattle School Board, January 19, 2005.
Criticism of Integrated Math Program (Houghton-Mifflin), by Patricia Bailey. Testimony to the Seattle School Board, December 15, 2004.
"Class Warfare" by J. Martin Rochester and Seattle School Reforms, by Patricia Bailey. Testimony to the Seattle School Board, September 1, 2004.
January 19, 2005
Fuzzy Math In The Classroom, broadcast of WCBS New York, April 17, 2001.
January 9, 2005
It's Insane!! (about PISA and TIMSS), by Dr. Chuck Ormsby, The Valley Patriot (MA), January 2005.
December 24, 2004
Grading Eighth Grade Scores, by Elizabeth Carson, Letters, The New York Post, Oct 23, 2004.
Scoring the Math Regents, by Stanley Ocken, Letters, The New York Times, Dec 24, 2004.
An Educator Who Forgot The Bronx, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, Dec 24, 2004.
December 22, 2004
No 'royal road' to math skills will ever be found, by Jim Cargal, The Montgomery Advertiser, Dec 21, 2004.
Schools should be teaching scientifically proven curricula, by Andrea Neal, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Dec 14, 2004.
Reviews of Contemporary Mathematics in Context (Core Plus Mathematics Project), assembled by NYC HOLD.
As Math Skills Slip, U.S. Schools Seek Answers From Asia, by Chris Prystay, The Wall Street Journal (Page A1), Dec 13, 2004.
Economic Time Bomb: U.S. Teens Are Among the Worst at Math, by June Kronholz, The Wall Street Journal, Dec 7, 2004.
No Passing Grade, Editorial, The Wall Street Journal, Dec 7, 2004.
Keeping It Real. Proposed changes in math don't add up, by Mike Cohen, New York Newsday, Nov 23, 2004.
Shaky first results for Mike's school reforms, by Diane Ravitch, Op-Ed, The New York Daily News, Nov 14, 2004.
Brazzel: Test Scores Drop; Money Wasted, by James Lent, The Morris News Bee, Nov 10, 2004.
Mathematical Unknowns, Editorial, The Boston Globe, Nov 8, 2004.
November 30, 2004
Gifted Students Under Fire, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, Nov 30, 2004.
Test Scores May Not Matter, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, Oct 21, 2004.
November 28, 2004
Calculus of mediocrity, by Cliff F. Mass, The Seattle Times, Nov 6, 2004.
November 26, 2004
K-12 Calculator Usage and College Grades, by W. Stephen Wilson and Daniel Q. Naiman, Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2004.
Short response to Tunis's letter to the editor on technology in college, by W. Stephen Wilson, submitted to Educational Studies in Mathematics.
November 13, 2004
School board divided over math program, North Andover Citizen / TownOnline, Nov 12, 2004.
Some People Never Learn, by Tom Duggan, The Valley Patriot, Nov 2004.
Mathematical unknowns, The Boston Globe, Nov 8, 2004.
October 31, 2004
The Class Multiplies, but the Math Divides, by Samuel G. Freedman, The New York Times, Oct 20, 2004.
A Test Seemingly Intended to Keep Students Behind, by Samuel G. Freedman, The New York Times, Oct 13, 2004.
Everyday Math should get failing score, by Robert L. Mandell, Op-Ed, The Reading Advocate, Oct 28, 2004.
Remove roadblocks first, by Susan Sarhady, Letters, The Dallas Morning News, Oct 24, 2004.
The Fuzziest of Disciplines, by Alexander Nazaryan and Alexander Wilson, The Dartmouth Review, Jan 13, 1999
Victim recitation: The education unions are fighting against making those poor little darlings learn the basics, by Jill Stewart, Sacramento News and Views, Sep 2, 2004.
Coffee shop experience proves education crisis, by Pamela Occhino, The Buffalo News, Oct 24, 2004.
The Privileged Status of Story, by Daniel T. Willingham, The American Educator, Summer 2004.
Students Remember...What They Think About, by Daniel T. Willingham, The American Educator, Summer 2003.
Allocating Student Study Time, "Massed" versus "Distributed" Practice, by Daniel T. Willingham, The American Educator, Summer 2002.
October 18, 2004
A World-Class Math Curriculum Verified by Outstanding Experimental Research, by William Hook. Presentation to the British Columbia Minister of Education, April 4, 2004 (PDF format).
October 17, 2004
The Lesson in those Scores, Editorial, The New York Post, Oct 17, 2004.
The Havoc Wrought by Today's "Modern" Math, by Dr. Charles Ormsby. Op-Ed in The Valley Patriot, Merrimack Valley, MA. The article is on page 6 (PDF format).
Nurturing the Life of the Mind: If Schools Don't Value Intellect, Who Will?, by Kathleen Vail, American School Board Journal, Jan 2001.
August 29, 2004
Urban Elementary Schools in California Show Stunning Improvement in SAT-9 Test Scores over Initial Four Year Period of New Math Standards, by Wayne Bishop and William Hook. Unpublished report, Jan 15, 2004 (PDF format).
"Curriculum Makes a Huge Difference" - A Summary of Conclusions from the Trends in International Mathematics Study (TIMSS) with California Data Added, by William Hook. Unpublished report, March 5, 2004 (PDF format).
Danger: Smart Parents With Data, by Jay Mathews, The Washington Post, Aug 24, 2004.
RE: Philanthropy Roundtable May 25, 2004 Math Achievement, letter from Ms. Carla Albers re mathematics issues in Colorado Springs school district 11, May 11, 2004, with Attachments (MSWord format).
In Defense of Memorization, by Michael Knox Beran, City Journal, Summer 2004.
PBSfx: Parents for Better Schools, Web site. Working for proven reading and math programs for Fairfax County, VA, Schools.
An illusory math reform; let's go to the videotape, by Linda Seebach, The Rocky Mountain News, Aug 7, 2004.
Numerical Winter, by Linda Schrock Taylor, LewRockwell.Com, August 16, 2004.
Reports from the Trenches in the Math Wars, comments by Fred Greenleaf at a Panel organized by the National Association of Scholars, New York City, May 22, 2004 (PDF format).
June 25, 2004
Joel Klein's Critics, by Elizabeth Carson. Letter to the Editor, The New York Daily News, June 21, 2004 (not published).
TERC Investigations a Sad Choice for Rochester, by Elizabeth Carson. Letter to the Editor, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, June 21, 2004.
Small Schools of the Absurd, by Ryan Sager, The New York Post, June 25, 2004.
When Pass Means Fail, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, June 25, 2004.
Destined to Fail, by Sol Stern, City Journal, Spring 2004.
June 20, 2004
High Stakes Examinations and Educational Foolishness, by Ralph Raimi, 2004.
Why Students Think They Understand - When They Don't, by Daniel T. Willingham, American Educator, Winter 2003-2004.
Weighing the Factors Does the City's Standardized Math Curriculum Measure Up?, by Amy Sara Clark, Youth Matters (Columbia University), April 2004.
June 19, 2004
Re: Creative Math, or Just Fuzzy Math? Once Again, Basic Skills Fall Prey to a Fad, The New York Times, August 17, 1997. Letters concerning an Op-Ed by Lynne Cheney
Shelley Harwayne and Lucy West on Mathematics Curriculum in CSD2, a memo to Principals and Math Staff Developers, Jan 23, 2001.
Home Page of Brian D. Rude, containing several articles on mathematics and science teaching. Note Some Disagreements With The Standards (2004), Chicago Math (1996), and The Rationale of Laboratory Exercises In The Teaching Of Science (1978).
June 15, 2004
Moskowitz Sets Hearing on Small Schools, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, June 15, 2004.
Time For an Accounting, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, June 11, 2004.
June 14, 2004
The Equivalence of Learning Paths in Early Science Education: Effects of Direct Instruction and Discovery Learning, by David Klahr and Milena Nigam, Psychological Science, 2004.
Instruction versus exploration in science learning, by Rachel Adelson, Monitor on Psychology, June 2004.
Practice Makes Perfect - But Only If You Practice Beyond the Point of Perfection, by Daniel T. Willingham, The American Educator, Spring 2004.
Teachers: Math Text is a Poor Addition, by Carl Campanile, The New York Post, Feb 13, 2003.
SAU 16 Info. A critical Web site by parents in the SAU 16 school district (Exeter, NH, and environs).
Calculators, 'Pretend' Exam Add Up to Poor Math Skills, by Jerome Dancis, Letters, The Washington Post, May 27, 2004. (See also the author's Web page.)
F. Joseph Merlino's Math is Unproven, by Gregg Settle, Letters, The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 26, 2004.
Merlino Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks, by Gregg Settle. Letter to the Philadelphia Inquirer, April 18, 2004 (unpublished).
June 13, 2004
How Did It Ever Come to This, by Ralph A. Raimi. An expanded version of a talk given at the annual meeting of the National Association of Scholars in New York on 22 May 2004.
In Support of Moving MSP Funds from NSF/EHR to Education Department, by Ralph Raimi to Honorable John A. Boehner, Chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
In Support of Moving MSP Funds from NSF/EHR to Education Department, by Stanley Ocken to Members of the House Science Committee, Feb 12, 2004.
In Support of Moving MSP Funds from NSF/EHR to Education Department, by Timotha Trigg to Chairman Boehlert and Members of the House Science Committee, Feb 12, 2004.
In Support of Moving MSP Funds from NSF/EHR to Education Department, by David Klein to Chairman Boehlert and Members of the House Science Committee, Feb 12, 2004.
"Balanced Literacy" is Bad Choice for New York City, by Lorraine Skeen. Letters, The New York Sun, Feb 12, 2004.
May 21, 2004
On Evaluating Curricular Effectiveness: Judging the Quality of K-12 Mathematics Evaluations, NRC Report, National Academies Press, May, 2004.
Where's the Beef in the Turkey Problem?, by Charles L. Beavers, Feb 1997.
Colorado Springs School District Math Meeting (minutes), Feb 2, 2004, including Presentation by Barry Fagin and Presentation by Carla Albers.
Invasion of the Math Snatchers, by Barry Fagin, Op Ed, Independence Institute, Jan 14, 2004.
My Public School Lesson, by Sol Stern, City Journal, Autumn 1997.
Deja Vu All Over Again (how the mayor can regain control of the Department of Education), by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, May 21, 2004.
May 10, 2004
NSF/EHR Damage to Mathematics Education, by David Klein. Letter to Congressman Sherwood Boehlert, April 15, 2002.
Education Debate not "Conservatives" versus "Liberals", by Elizabeth Carson. Letter to Mr. David M. Herszenhorn, The New York Times, March 17, 2004.
Re Proposed Move of MSP Funds from NSF/EHR to Department of Education, by Susan Burklund. Letter to Congressman Sherwood Boehlert, Feb 18, 2004.
May 8, 2004
Comparative review of Sadlier, Saxon, and McGraw-Hill K-6 mathematics, by David Klein and Jennifer Marple, Spring, 2000.
May 7, 2004
NSF Education and Human Resources Directorate and K-12 Mathematics, by Wilfried Schmid. Letter to Representatives Nick Smith and Sherwood Boehlert, May 7, 2002.
High School Conundrum, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, May 7, 2004.
April 30, 2004
The Regents' New Clothes, by Marc Epstein, The New York Post, April 30, 2004.
Where Klein is Right, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, April 30, 2004.
Fosnot Project Is Not Mathematics, by Ralph Raimi. Letters, Education News Update, Sep 5, 2002.
Fuzzy Math, by Jonathan Goodman. Letters, New York Teacher, May 2004.
April 28, 2004
Math Program Set Back North Penn Students, by Trish Gallagher. Letter to the Editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 16, 2004.
April 26, 2004
Parents to Voice Concerns at CSD2 School Board Meeting, by Denise Mattava Haffenden to Mr. J. D. LaRock of NY1 News, Jan 29, 2001.
New York District 2 Cancels Math Forum. Call to Action, by Elizabeth Carson, Jan 16, 2001.
April 20, 2004
The Secret School, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, April 9, 2004.
Computation Skills, Calculators, and Achievement Gaps: An Analysis of NAEP Items, by Tom Loveless, Brown Center for Education working paper, April, 2004.
Constructivism in Education Sophistry for a New Age, by Martin A. Kozloff, May, 1998.
Bronx Teachers' Lesson, by Elizabeth Carson. Letter to the Editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 14, 2004.
Touted Math Program Proved to be a Failure, by Wayne Bishop. Letter to the Editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 7, 2004.
April 17, 2004
Once Again, Basic Skills Fall Prey to a Fad, by Lynne Cheney, The New York Times, August 11, 1997.
April 4, 2004
U.S. Dept. of Education Math and Science Initiative (main Web page with links to reports and initiatives, including the math and science "summits").
Musical Chairs in City Schools, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, March 26, 2004.
Ed. Dept. Proposes $120 Million Math Agenda, by David J. Hoff, Education Week, Feb 12, 2003.
Panel to Examine Standards-Based Math Curricula, by David J. Hoff, Education Week, June 12, 2002.
A Major Math Mess, by David Klein, Orange County Register, April 4, 2004. (Also here.)
Hold Off Holding Back Students, by Diane Ravitch, The New York Sun, March 22, 2004.
The Curriculum Crusades, by James Traub, The New York Times, May 31, 2000.
April 2, 2004
Teach Before You Test, Mike, by Sol Stern, The New York Post, March 27, 2004.
March 19, 2004
Time for Accountability, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, March 19, 2004.
March 15, 2004
On the Lam (Diana Lam's Unsavory School Reform Tactics), by Robert Kolker, NewYork Magazine, issue dated March 22, 2004.
March 14, 2004
San Antonio Power Brokers' Darling, Diana Lam, Stars in 'Scandal', by Roddy Stinson, San Antonio Express-News, March 14, 2004.
March 13, 2004
No Reports from the Children First Working Groups, by Bas Braams. Letter to members of the NYC Panel for Educational Policy, March 15, 2003 (posted now for the record).
March 12, 2004
The Golden Opportunity, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, March 12, 2004.
Lam Performance Panned in New York, Editorial, San Antonio Express, March 12, 2004.
For Chancellor, a Week To Forget, The New York Sun; Lessons of Lam, Opinion, The New York Sun; Chancellor Picks Superintendent who Started as a Teacher to Assume Key School Curriculum Position, New York Newsday; Chance for a Fresh Start, New York Newsday; State Blocks Klein's First Choice for Deputy, The New York Times; State KOs Joel's Pick for Deputy, New York Daily News; Under-Fire Klein Names Deputy, The New York Post. All March 12, 2004.
Diana Lam's Swift Departure Can Give Schools New Hope If Mayor Becomes Involved, by Henry Stern, New York Civic.Org, March 10, 2004; also Bloomberg, Klein to Decide What to Do With Diana Lam, same source, March 8, 2004.
March 11, 2004
Mayor Bloomberg's Challenge in Mathematics Education, by Elizabeth Carson. Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, August 23, 2002 (not published).
Only Way to Teach Kids is to Get Back to Basics, by Elizabeth Carson. Letter to the Editor, New York Daily News, August 12, 2002 (not published).
Chancellor Levy's Failure, by Elizabeth Carson. Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, August 8, 2002 (not published).
Anthony Alvarado's Record in San Diego, by Elizabeth Carson. Letter to Anemona Hartocollis, The New York Times, July 30, 2002.
Advice on the Appointment of Joel Klein as Chancellor in New York City, by Michael McKeown. Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, July 31, 2002 (not published).
"Mathematics in the City" a Wasteland of Mathematical Content, by Denise Matava Haffenden. Letter, Education Update Online, Sep 5, 2002.
Diana Lam is Part of the Problem, by Denise Matava Haffenden. Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, Aug 29, 2002 (not published).
Education Is Big Business...for Some, by Donna Garner, Education News, March 11, 2004 (a reminder about Diana Lam's buyout in San Antonio).
Ed. Flap Lawyer Resigns, The New York Post; Second Official Out in Scandal Over Lam, The New York Sun; The Real Diana Lam Scandal, The New York Sun; Lam Scandal Claims Lawyer, New York Newsday; Lam Link Lops 2nd Ed Head, New York Daily News; Tweed's Looking a Lot like Livingston, Opinion, New York Daily News; Schools' Top Lawyer Quits in Uproar Over Nepotism, The New York Times. All March 11, 2004.
March 10, 2004
Lam's Legacy, by Diane Ravitch, Op-Ed, The New York Post, March 10, 2004.
Damage Control at Center Stage after Lam Sacked, The New York Sun; After Diana Lam, The New York Sun; Schools Chancellor Defends Himself in the Hiring of His Top Deputy's Spouse, The New York Times; Lam Scandal Sets off Political Scramble, New York Newsday; Bloomberg, Klein Head Top of the Accountability List, New York Newsday; Goodbye to 'a Great Buster of Morale', New York Newsday; In the Blind Spot of Power, New York Newsday; Schools attorney misled inquiries, but ..., New York Newsday; Klein Accepts Lam Excuses, The New York Post; Mike's Next Move, The New York Post; Chancellor Klein Gets Taken to School, New York Daily News. All March 10, 2004.
The Sun Sheds Light on Education, by Betsy Combier, The New York Sun, March 10, 2004.
March 9, 2004
Diana Lam's Instructional Mistakes in Providence, RI, by Michael McKeown. Letter to Edward Achorn, The Providence Journal, Dec 11, 2001 (and addendum, Dec 15, 2001).
How to Improve Education in Math, by Michael McKeown, Op-Ed, The Providence Journal, Jan 31, 2001.
Diana Lam's Record in Providence, Rhode Island, by Elizabeth Carson. Letter to Abby Goodnough, The New York Times, Dec 2, 2002.
Concern Over Diana Lam's Appointment, by Elizabeth Carson. Letter to Abby Goodnough, The New York Times, Sep 6, 2002.
Diana Lam's Appointment Bad News for NYC Schools, by Bas Braams. Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, Aug 29, 2002 (not published).
Conflict of Interest Report to Chancellor Joel Klein About Diana Lam. Letter by NYC Schools Special Commissioner of Investigation Richard J. Condon, March 5, 2004.
Top Deputy Resigns Schools Post Over Effort to Get Husband a Job, The New York Times; Chancellor Forces Lam To Resign In Nepotism Flap, The New York Sun; She's Out Like a Lam, New York Daily News; Klein Fires Top Deputy, New York Newsday; Lam Chopped, The New York Post. All March 9, 2004.
March 8, 2004
Mayor Troubled by Patronage Report, New York Newsday; Out Like a Lam, Editorial, The New York Post; Nepotism Puts Klein in Sticky Spot, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun. All March 8, 2004.
March 7, 2004
Hey Klein It's Time to Resign, by Norman Scott. Op-Ed, The Wave (Rockaway), Feb 27, 2004.
Joel Klein's Appointment of Diana Lam a Waste for New York City, by Michael McKeown. Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, Aug 28, 2002 (not published).
March 6, 2004
Report Says Deputy Chancellor Arranged Job for Husband, by Elissa Gootman and David Herszenhorn, The New York Times; Klein Aide's 'Hire' Power, by Carl Campanile, The New York Post; School Hubby Hire Drawing Fire, by Ellen Yan, New York Newsday; Educrat Pulled Strings in Hubby Hire: Probe, by Celeste Katz, New York Daily News. All March 6, 2004.
Social Promotion: Business as Usual, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, March 5, 2004.
March 1, 2004
Tab is 33G (a Month) for Klein's Extra PR, The Daily News, March 1, 2004.
Disputing Teachers College, by Ralph A. Raimi. Letters, The New York Sun, Feb 25, 2004.
February 29, 2004
A Closer Look at Solutions to Urban Education Blight, by Elizabeth Carson. Letter to the Editor, The Washington Post, Feb 17, 2004 (not published).
Uncivil War A Bloodless Account of a Bitter Battle, by Ralph Raimi. A book review of California Dreaming, by Suzanne Wilson, Education Next, Spring 2004. Also an Unabridged version.
Math Town Hall in Colorado Springs, Feb 2, 2004. Parent opposition to the programs Everyday Mathematics, Connected Mathematics Project, and Interactive Mathematics Program.
Diana Lam's Wrongheaded Plan, by Donna Garner Hewitt. Letters, The New York Sun, Feb 26, 2004.
February 28, 2004
Chancellor Levy Denies the Math Forum in District 2, letter to Elizabeth Carson of Jan 24, 2001. (Posted now for the record.)
Parent perspective on New York City schools. Letter from Elizabeth Carson to Carl Campanile, New York Post, Feb 20, 2004.
February 27, 2004
Schools Chancellor Greenspan, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, Feb 27, 2004.
February 20, 2004
The Ministry of Fear, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, Feb 20, 2004.
February 13, 2004
Wrong Course for the Schools, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, Feb 13, 2004.
February 10, 2004
Curriculum Equity in the Classroom, And Courtroom, by Veronica Norris. Contribution to the Lone Star Foundation conference Public Education Reform in Texas, Dec 7-8, 2000.
February 9, 2004
Klein's educrats undermine good teaching, by R. M. Isaac, The New York Daily News, Feb 9, 2004.
February 7, 2004
Mathematicians Input to Chancellor Levy's Math Commission, by Jonathan Goodman. Letter to (then) Deputy Chancellor for Instruction Dr. Judith Rizzo, Oct 4, 2000.
February 6, 2004
The Education-School Alchemists, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, Feb 6, 2004.
Kids Do Count, Seeking Excellence in Math Education. Web site of an Alpine (Utah) school district parents' group.
Wrong Again, Chancellor, by Diane Ravitch, The New York Post, Feb 6, 2004.
New York City Paying Twice for Reading Programs, by Donna Garner. Op-Ed/Letters, The New York Sun, Feb 4, 2004.
February 5, 2004
The Scandal in Bilingual Ed (or why Diana Lam should be fired), by John P. Avlon, The New York Sun, Feb 5, 2004.
February 4, 2004
Excellence in Peril, by Bill Evers, The Texas Education Review, Winter 2003-2004. Review of "Class Warfare: Besieged Schools, Bewildered Parents, Betrayed Kids and the Attack on Excellence" by J. Martin Rochester (Encounter Books, 2002).
Glencoe's Manual of Fuzz, by Tom VanCourt, The Textbook Letter, May-June 1999. A review of "Glencoe Pre-Algebra, an Integrated Transition to Algebra and Geometry".
January 30, 2004
Klein's Data Distortion, by Diane Ravitch, The New York Post, Jan 30, 2004.
January 29, 2004
An Intrepid Foe of Warm-and-Fuzzy Math, by Jay Mathews, Washington Post, Dec 23, 2003.
January 27, 2004
Fuzzy math in NYC schools, by Jonathan Goodman. Letter to the Editor, the Christian Science Monitor, Jan 26, 2004.
Bloomberg not Rising to Schools Challenge, by Elizabeth Carson. Letter to the Editor, New York Daily News, Jan 15, 2004 (not published).
Diana Lam's Phonics Deficit, by Elizabeth Carson. Letter to the Editor, the New York Post, Jan 15, 2004.
January 23, 2004
The Iron Chancellor Joel Klein starts sounding Orwellian, by Sol Stern, Manhattan Institute City Journal, Jan 23, 2004.
The Winter of Discontent, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, Jan 23, 2004.
January 21, 2004
Teaching Math, What do Teachers Say? by Denise Matava Haffenden. Letter to the Editor, New York Teacher, March 17, 2003 (not published).
January 19, 2004
Shelley Harwayne's Challenge, by Denise Matava Haffenden. Letter to the Editor, the New York Times, Feb 21, 2003 (not published).
January 18, 2004
Totalitarianism and constructivism in NYC, by Kathleen Porter, The Education Gadfly, Nov 6, 2003.
January 17, 2004
Email to Chancellor Klein following a University Club luncheon talk, by Elizabeth Carson (September 27, 2003).
January 13, 2004
NAEP and Mathematics in New York City, by Elizabeth Carson. Letter to Chancellor Klein of November 15, 2003.
January 11, 2004
Re Julia Steiny Edwatch: Kids' brains dictate how they learn, by Stephen Hollister. Letter to Ms. Julia Steiny, Jan 6, 2004.
January 8, 2004
No Mayor Left Behind?, The New York Sun, Jan 8, 2004.
December 30, 2003
What the Almost-Initiated Don't Get About the Education Problem in America, by Charles R. Lewis. Editorial, the US Freedom Foundation, December 29, 2003. (Part 3 of a series; here Part 2 and Part 1.)
December 19, 2003
Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) "Costing Out" study, by Elizabeth Carson. Letter to Chancellor Robert Bennett and Members of the NYS Board of Regents, December 19, 2003.
December 18, 2003
Advice to a parent concerned with Everyday Mathematics, by Elizabeth Carson. Letter to NYC Panel for Educational Policy, December 18, 2003.
December 17, 2003
American Students Still Deficient in Math, by Carla Albers. Letters, The Colorado Springs Gazette, Dec 16, 2003.
December 13, 2003
Microsoft Does Hard Sell on Teachers, Pushes To Make Gaming Part of School. The New York Sun, fron page, Dec 12, 2003.
Democracy Tweed Style, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, Dec 12, 2003.
December 12, 2003
Gains in Houston Schools: How Real Are They? by Stanley Ocken. Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, Dec 3, 2003 (not published).
December 11, 2003
Somerset Elementary School Parents Concerned about TERC Curriculum. Letter to Bellevue (WA) superintendent Dr. Mike Riley, Jan 22, 2003. (On our TERC Reviews Web page.)
Re: Klein to bolster nonwhite enrollment in gifted programs. Letter from Elizabeth Carson to Chancellor Joel I. Klein, Dec 6, 2003.
December 8, 2003
"Gifted" Programs in the Crosshairs, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, Dec 8, 2003.
December 6, 2003
www.eddatafrominnes.com, Education Research from a Parent's Point of View, a new Web site by NYC HOLD advisor Richard G. Innes.
Beware the Flying Pigs, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, Dec 5, 2003.
December 2, 2003
Facing the Hard Facts in Education Reform, by Paul Barton. ETS Policy Information Center Report, July 2001.
Transcript of the School Mathematics Education hearing of the New York City Council Committee on Education (Eva S. Moskowitz, Chair), Nov 5, 2003. (MS Word)
Perturbed and Disturbed about NAEP Test Scores, by Charles R. Lewis. Letter to the Editor, The Washington Times, Nov 28, 2003.
Making Choice Irrelevant, by Andrew Wolf, The New York Sun, Nov 28, 2003.
December 1, 2003
NYC Council Education Committee Hearing on Mathematics Education. NYC HOLD press release, November 4, 2003.
November 21, 2003
City Council Education Committee hearings on operation of schools, November 2003. Testimonies by UFT President Randi Weingarten (excerpts), CSA President Jill Levy, and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein.
November 18, 2003
Four Years of California Mathematics Progress, by Wayne Bishop. Unpublished report, Sep 1, 2002.
November 14, 2003
TERC Investigations curriculum woefully inadequate. Letter to Ms. Eva Moskowitz and NYC Council Committee on Education from Mary van Valkenburg in connection with math education hearing on Nov 5, 2003.
November 13, 2003
Testimony for State Assembly Education Committee Hearing on Regents Learning Standards and High School Graduation, by Ernest Tollerson, Partnership for New York City (Oct 15, 2003).
P.A.C.E. (Chippewa Valley, MI) (new under Local Activism).
November 11, 2003
Briefing Paper, Press Release, and Witness List for the School Mathematics Education hearing of the New York City Council Committee on Education (Eva S. Moskowitz, Chair), Nov 5, 2003. (MS Word)
Presentation to the Pittsburgh Public Schools Board of Directors, by Wayne Bishop, Oct 24, 2002 (with a postscript). (MS Word)
Please reconsider fuzzy math mandates, by Maryann Stimmer. Letter to NYC Council Speaker Gifford Miller in connection with Education Committee hearing on Nov 5, 2003. (MSWord)
November 10, 2003
Outraged by Education Committee's Math "Hearing". Letter to the NYC Council Education Committee by Arthur P. Goldberg with regard to the Hearing on Nov 5, 2003.
School Reforms of 2003, by Deborah Apsel, Gotham Gazette, Sep 12, 2003.
November 9, 2003
New York City K-12 Mathematics Education in Chaos. Testimony by Stanley Ocken at School Mathematics Education Hearing of NYC Council Education Committee, November 5, 2003.
Unintended Consequences, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, Nov 07, 2003).
New Math Gets Minus at Hearing, New York Newsday, Nov 6, 2003.
Correct the Reading Wrong Turn, by Sol Stern, The New York Sun, April 15, 2003
November 8, 2003
Parents, educators voice their disapproval of the city's new math system, News 12 The Bronx, Nov 5, 2003.
November 7, 2003
Experimenting With Math Education in Manhattan District 2, NYC HOLD News Alert, October 18, 2003.
Angry Divide, by Carl Campanile, the New York Post, Nov 6, 2003.
New Curriculum Feeds A Math Crisis, Experts Testify, New York Sun, Nov 6, 2003.
City's Math Debate Moves to Forefront, New York Sun, Nov 4, 2003.
Taking Care of Mathematics Education. Testimony by Edmond David at School Mathematics Education Hearing of NYC Council Education Committee, November 5, 2003.
New York City the last stronghold of discredited curricula. Testimony by Jonathan Goodman at School Mathematics Education Hearing of NYC Council Education Committee, November 5, 2003.
Testimony at School Mathematics Education Hearing of NYC Council Education Committee, by Betsy Combier and Marielle Combier-Kapel. November 5, 2003.
November 6, 2003
Sound Basic Education and the New York State Standards for Mathematics. Letter from Elizabeth Carson to Michael A Rebell, Campaign for Fiscal Equity, November 1, 2003.
Testimony at School Mathematics Education Hearing of NYC Council Education Committee (Eva Moskowitz, Chair), by Elizabeth Carson. November 5, 2003.
Testimony for Hearing on Mathematics Education of NYC Council Education Committee (Eva Moskowitz, Chair), by Bas Braams. November 5, 2003.
November 4, 2003
California Standards and Assessments, by R. James Milgram and Veronica Norris (October 21, 1999).
Connected Math is Leaving Parents at a Loss, by Susan Sarhady. Letter to Mr. Jacob Quinn Sanders of the Philadelphia Inquirer in response to an article of June 13, 2002.
Edison Schools; Public Schooling for Profit, by Wayne Bishop. Letter to the Editor, the New York Times, May 26, 2002 (not published).
October 28, 2003
Tragedy Looms for Gotham's School Reform, by Sol Stern, City Journal, Autumn 2003.
October 27, 2003
Texas Instruments Announces Sponsorship Commitment to National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) for Educator Professional Development, press release, September 20, 2000. (New under Who Funds 'Reform' Math?.)
Dumbing Down New York, Opinion, New York Post, Oct 10, 2003; and Rick and the Regents, Failing New York's Kids, Opinion, New York Post, Oct 13, 2003.
Regents slow to solve math problems, by Richard H. Escobales, Jr.. Letters, The Buffalo News, Oct 27, 2003.
October 26, 2003
Joel Klein's Headache, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, Oct 24, 2003).
October 24, 2003
Re: "Five Forgotten Schools"; Edison in NYC, by Jonathan Goodman. The Stanford Daily, Letters, Oct 23, 2003.
October 21, 2003
Math A Position Paper for NYS Regents, by the Association of Mathematics Teachers of New York State (AMTNYS), October 8, 2003 (PDF).
Report to the New York State Board of Regents and the New York State Commissioner of Education, from the Independent Panel on Math A (Dr. William Brosnan, chairperson), October 1, 2003.
Not Your Parents' Math, featuring Lee Stiff and Merryl Tisch, transcript, Fox News with Tony Snow, Sunday April 22, s001.
Klein's Micromanagement, by Sol Stern (NY Sun Op-Ed, Oct 21, 2003).
$40 Million Goof, by Sol Stern (NY Post, Oct 20, 2003).
October 20, 2003
Gates Gets His Revenge, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, Oct 17, 2003).
Making Tweed Smile, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, Oct 10, 2003).
October 18, 2003
Re: Parents Hungry for ABC's Find Schools Don't Add Up, by R. James Milgram. Letter to Ms. Kate Zernike (NYT), April 24, 2001.
Parents' Extra Cost, by Denise Matava Haffenden. Letters, Education Week, April 11, 2001.
District 2 Critique: No Ideology Involved, by Louisa C. Spencer. Letters, Education Week, April 11, 2001.
October 17, 2003
Why TERC?, by Marielle Combier-Kapel (letter to the NYT, Jan 24, 2002; unpublished)
Fighting Fuzzy Math, by Larry Gipson (Talk, 2002; Power Point format).
Math Wrath Explodes Amid "Fuzzy" Furor, by Rod Dreher, The New York Post, June 6, 2001.
October 16, 2003
N.Y.C. Hangs Tough Over Maverick Curriculum, by Kathleen Kennedy Manzo. Education Week, October 15, 2003.
The Test Mess, by James Traub. New York Times Magazine, Sunday April 7, 2002.
Re: The Test Mess. Letters, New York Times Magazine, April 21, 2002.
October 14, 2003
My 7-Year-Old's Math Problem, and Ours, by Dimitris Anastassiou. Letters, The New York Times, Jan 22, 2003.
Re: Character Assassination in Math Debate Doesn't Add Up, by Jonathan Goodman. Letter to Tony Norman of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 22, 2002.
Re: Mayor Bloomberg's Chancellor, by Jonathan Goodman. Letters, The New York Times, July 30, 2002.
Re: "Madam, I'm 2002 - a Numerically Beautiful Year", by Stanley Ocken. Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, Jan 2, 2002 (not published).
Re: "Madam, I'm 2002 - a Numerically Beautiful Year", by Jonathan Goodman. Letters, The New York Times, Jan 4, 2002.
Do the Math. Re: "It Doesn't Add Up", by Jonathan Goodman. Letters, New York Newsday, Feb 1, 2003.
October 13, 2003
The Math Wars - 1960's Revisited, by Erica Carle. On NewsWithViews.com, October 13, 2003.
School's Mathematics Don't Add Up, by Rod Dreher, The New York Post, April 8, 2001.
New Math Classes a Zero: Parents, by Carl Campanile, The New York Post, April 11, 2001.
Letters to the New York Post re "New Math Agenda", by Frank Dobbs, Woodrow J. Elmore, Elizabeth Carson, Frank Minaudo, Maureen Weinberg, Jonathan Goodman, and Jim Hall. The New York Post, April 16, 2001.
Schools' "New Math" = Trouble For City Kids. Sum-Thing is Wrong, by Carl Campanile, The New York Post, April 17, 2001.
Schools' "New Math" = Trouble For City Kids. Let's See: 2,001-1,957 Is ..., by Carl Campanile, The New York Post, April 17, 2001.
Schools' "New Math" = Trouble For City Kids. Bad News For Children, Good News For Tutors, by Carl Campanile, The New York Post, April 17, 2001.
Get Mad, Then Go After the Bureaucrats, by Rod Dreher, The New York Post, April 17, 2001.
Don't Allow 'new Math' To Multiply, Regent Says, by Kenneth Lovett, Carl Campanile and Ikimulisa Sockwell-Mason, The New York Post, April 18, 2001.
Adding Up Fuzzy Math: Right Answers Aren't Important, by Arnold Ahlert. Op-Ed, The New York Post, April 18, 2001.
Adding Up Fuzzy Math: Teaching the Basics, by Roland Minton. Op-Ed, The New York Post, April 18, 2001.
Levy: 'fuzzy' Math Just For Fraction Of Kids, by Carl Campanile, The New York Post, April 19, 2001.
Save us from the 'new-new math', by Tony Snow, The Boston Globe, April 21, 2001.
Some Very Fuzzy Numbers, Editorial, The New York Post, April 22, 2001.
Parents To Teachers: The 'New Math' Flunks. Letters from Anthony Belcastro, F. Joseph Merlino, Georgia Craig, Roy Moskowitz, Robert Bell, and David Rindskopf. The New York Post, April 22, 2001.
Math Panel: Johnny's Teacher Can't Count, by Carl Campanile, The New York Post, April 26, 2001.
New York teacher preparation and "deep understanding", by Ralph Raimi. Letter to the Editor, The New York Post, April 26, 2001 (unedited).
Can the "new math" help raise student test scores? Letters from Cindy Pardo, Charlene Marchese, Barbara DePesa, Susan Erlanger, and Maggie David. The New York Post, April 28, 2001.
October 11, 2003
Computer Technology, the Standards, and Reform, by Richard Escobales, Jr. Letters, Notices of the AMS Vol. 44 No. 5 (1997).
October 9, 2003
Serious Defects in Proposed NYS Standards for School Mathematics, a letter from Herbert A. Hauptman (Nobel Laureate, Chemistry) and others to New York State Schools Chancellor Carl T. Hayden (August 21, 1997).
October 8, 2003
Reversing the Decline in Mastery of Basic Mathematics, by Richard H. Escobales Jr. (Letter to Chancellor Joel I. Klein, Feb 20, 2003).
October 7, 2003
Don't just stand there. Do something! (about school mathematics that is), by Nicholas Pappas (Op-Ed, draft, 2003) (PDF).
October 5, 2003
State's math standards don't add up, by Richard H. Escobales Jr. (The Buffalo News, July 20, 2003).
October 3, 2003
Klein Plays 20 Questions, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, Oct 3, 2003).
September 30, 2003
Effect of K-12 Calculator Usage on College Grades, by W. Stephen Wilson and Daniel Q. Naiman (draft, 2003).
September 29, 2003
Parents for Evidence Based Education (IA). (New under More Web Resources.)
Reading, Writing and Reform. A series by Beth Fertig on WNYC Radio (Sep 2003).
September 28, 2003
MPS gets money for math teacher training; [NSF]'s efforts not seen by all as helpful. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 26, 2003.
How to End the Math and Reading Wars, by Jonathan Goodman. Letter to the Editor, The Christian Science Monitor, Feb 10, 2003.
Same Soup at the Department of Education, by Denise Matava Haffenden. Letter to Insideschools, Feb 7, 2003.
Re: Chancellor Klein's Math Problem, by Betsy Combier. Letter to the Editor, NY Sun, Feb 6, 2003.
September 27, 2003
Addressing Education Issues, by Denise Matava Haffenden. Letter to the Editor, NY Sun, Sep 27, 2003.
Tweed Takes Care of Teachers, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, Sep 26, 2003).
September 24, 2003
Critics Say Math Curriculum Doesn't Add Up, by Marie Villani, Riverdale Press, Mar 28, 2002.
Wary Foundations Tie Grants To Leadership Stability, by Jeff Archer (Education Week, Feb 12, 2003).
September 18, 2003
Algorithms, Algebra, and Access, by Stanley Ocken (Sep 2001); and Why Students Fail Calculus, by Stanley Ocken (Draft, 2001?).
Why is there a crisis in mathematics education?, by Stanley Ocken. (Edited version published in The New York Sun, Aug 29, 2002).
Testmony to Board of Education, by Stanley Ocken, Jan 23, 2002.
September 17, 2003
Off their rockers, Wacky new rules for teaching class, NY Daily News front page (Sep 17, 2003).
September 13, 2003
Three Success Stories in Sacramento and additional California data. Two letters from Elizabeth Carson to Chancellor Joel I. Klein. (Sep 7-8, 2003).
For the Children-Klein Should Resign. Where Was the UFT? And the Principals' Union?, by Nat Henthoff, the Village Voice, Sep 8, 2003.
Progressive Miseducation, by Donna Garner. The New York Sun (letters), Sep 12-14, 2003.
September 5, 2003
Progressive Miseducation 101, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, Sep 5, 2003).
September 4, 2003
The Enemy Within, by Sol Stern (NY Post, Sep 4, 2003).
August 25, 2003
New York's New Approach, by Donna Garner (Letter).
August 23, 2003
Lam Excuses, by Sol Stern (NY Post, August 22, 2003); also Mayor Bloomberg's Diana Lam Problem, by Sol Stern (City Journal, Summer 2003).
The Missing Candor at Tweed, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, Aug 22, 2003).
August 7, 2003
Research or 'Cheerleading'? Scholarship on Community School District 2, New York City, by Lois Weiner (EPAA, August 2003).
August 7, 2003
New York's New Approach, by James Traub (NYT, Education Life, Aug 03, 2003).
The Principal of Accountability, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, Aug 01, 2003).
July 28, 2003
Tweed's Revolving Door, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, July 28, 2003).
July 17, 2003
The Anti-Content Mindset: The Root Cause of The "Math Wars", by Bill Quirk.
July 02, 2003
Critique of the Regents Mathematics A exam, by Bas Braams (Web article, June, 2003).
June 29, 2003
Neglected English, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, June 27, 2003).
June 20, 2003
Letting Scores Slide, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, June 20, 2003).
June 13, 2003
Parents or Politics (Op-Ed, NY Sun, June 13, 2003).
The District Dance, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, June 13, 2003).
May 31, 2003
Good Scores and Bad News, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, May 23, 2003).
May 20, 2003
Facade of Excellence, by Sol Stern (Ed Next, Summer 2003).
May 18, 2003
When Worlds Collide, by Jessica Raimi (May 13, 2003).
Support Grows for Challenge of Plan To Overhaul Public School System, by John DeSio (NY Sun, May 16, 2003).
Welch's Rules and New York's Schools, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, May 16, 2003).
May 12, 2003
The Tweed Ring Scrambles, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, May 12, 2003).
May 10, 2003
School Size No Key to Success, by Paul H. B. Shin and Alison Gendar (NYDN, May 10, 2003).
Marked Men & Women. Principals Graded - Klein Flunks a Bunch, by Alison Gendar (NYDN, Jan 3, 2003)
Klein May Fire 150 Principals, by Alison Gendar (NYDN, Nov 3, 2002)
May 09, 2003
Excelling at Math as Easy as Two Plus Two-ski, by Eric Wolff (NY Sun, May 9, 2003).
Wallyball in Rockland, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, May 9, 2003).
May 08, 2003
Good Apples: Recruiting and Retaining Quality Teachers in New York City, by the City Council Committee on Education (May, 2003) (PDF).
May 04, 2003
New math doesn't add up, by Alison Gendar (NY Daily News, May 4, 2003).
May 03, 2003
The Rote Stuff, by Brett Schaeffer (EdW, March 2003).
Trends in Math Achievement: The Importance of Basic Skills, by Tom Loveless (Feb 6, 2003).
Teachers in the Dark on Curriculum Delays, by Abby Goodnough (NY Times, May 3, 2003).
May 02, 2003
The Vocabulary Deficit, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, May 2, 2003).
May 01, 2003
Curriculum Doomed, Teachers Warn, by Kathleen Lucadamo (NY Sun, May 1, 2003).
April 25, 2003
New Tweed Ring Follies, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, April 16, 2003).
April 23, 2003
Goals for high school Instruction in Mathematics, by Jerome Dancis (2000?).
April 16, 2003
Accountability 101 (Editorial, NY Sun, April 9, 2003).
Klein's Plan Unravels, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, April 9, 2003).
Gotham's Education Reform Is in Trouble, by Sol Stern (City Journal, Spring 2003).
April 8, 2003
Bloomberg and Klein Rush In, by Sol Stern (City Journal, Spring 2003).
April 4, 2003
NYC Schools: Aiming for Illiteracy, by Sol Stern (NY Post, April 4, 2003).
Lessons from San Diego's Schools, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, April 4, 2003).
March 28, 2003
Klein's Yellow-Brick Road, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, Mar 28, 2003).
A Study of Core-Plus Students Attending Michigan State University, by Richard O. Hill and Thomas H. Parker (Draft, Dec 2002).
Electricians Need Algebra, Too, by Richard O. Hill (Mathematics Teacher, Sep 2002).
March 15, 2003
Reformers 'Gutted' K-12 Mathematics, by Jonathan Goodman (Letters, EdW, March 12, 2003).
Andrew Wolf on Education Issues in New York City. Education columns in the New York Sun back to May, 2002.
March 10, 2003
Chancellor Klein's Perilous Path, by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun, March 3, 2003).
March 09, 2003
Spiraling through UCSMP Everyday Mathematics, by Bas Braams (March 2003).
March 07, 2003
How Not to Teach Math, New York's chancellor Klein's plan doesn't compute, by Matthew Clavel (City Journal, Mar 7, 2003).
March 05, 2003
Ethnomathematics, by Dirk Olin (NYT Magazine, Feb 23, 2003).
March 03, 2003
Standards-Based School Mathematics Curricula, by Wayne Bishop. A book review.
February 18, 2003
A Foolish Gamble on Phonics, by Carol R. Richards (Newsday, Feb 16, 2003).
February 17, 2003
Selection of a Systematic Phonics Program for NYC Students. A Letter from NYC area reading researchers to Chancellor Klein, a.o. (Feb 4, 2003).
February 08, 2003
Joel Klein's Math Problems, by Bas Braams (Op-Ed, the NY Sun, Feb 6, 2003).
The Many Ways of Arithmetic in UCSMP "Everyday Mathematics", by Bas Braams (Feb 2003).
February 01, 2003
Re: "Klein's Math Still Fuzzy", by Maureen Weinberg. Letters, NY Sun, Jan 30, 2003.
Diane Briars and Pittsburgh Schools Performance on NSMRE, by Wayne Bishop. Letter to the Editor, New York Times, Jan 23, 2003 (unpublished).
Re: "Back to School Basics", by Martha Schwartz. Letter to the Editor, NY Post, Jan 22, 2003 (unpublished).
January 27, 2003
Bush Adviser Casts Doubt on the Benefits of Phonics Program, by Abby Goodnough (NYT, Jan 24, 2003).
January 24, 2003
A Closer Look At The Math, Reading Programs NYC Schools Will Implement Next Year, WABC Eyewitness News New York, Jan 24, 2003.
January 23, 2003
Letter from New York City: Bloomberg's reforms, by Diane Ravitch (Education Gadfly, Jan 23, 2003). About Mayor Bloomberg's management style and "Children First".
January 15, 2003
To Chancellor Joel Klein about K-12 Mathematics Curricula in New York City. A letter from Chairs and Administrators of NYC Mathematics Departments (Dec 17, 2002).
January 06, 2003
New York City Mathematics Department Chairs Warn Chancellor Klein Against Continued Use of Fuzzy Math Programs, Press Release by NYC HOLD (Jan 4, 2003).
January 05, 2003
Only Way to Teach Kids Is to Get Back to Basics, by Heather Mac Donald, NYDN, Aug 11, 2002.
January 03, 2003
Re: "Schoolbooks are Flubbing Facts", by Alan Siegel to New York Daily News (Dec 24, 2002; not published).
Chancellor Joel Klein Pans District 2 Math Programs, by Bas Braams to New York Daily News (Dec 17, 2002; not published).
December 31, 2002
Commentary on the NYC Mathematics Scope and Sequence, by Fred Greenleaf with Ralph A. Raimi (Dec 2002).
December 29, 2002
Experience with TERC Investigations in District 2. Letter from Susan Erlanger to Chancellor Klein, December 29, 2002.
December 26, 2002
Chancellor Joel Klein's "Children First" Blueprint for Reform of Instruction in NYC Public Schools, by Bas Braams (Dec 2002 / Jan 2003).
December 23, 2002
Supplementation of TERC Investigations in District 2. Letter from Edwin Hittig to Chancellor Klein, Deputy Chancellor Lam and members of the Children First Numeracy Working Group, December, 2002.
December 21, 2002
In Support of Singapore Mathematics Curriculum. Letter by Maureen Weinberg to Chancellor Klein, December 20, 2002.
December 20, 2002
Stop TERC, CMP and ARISE Now. Letter from Deane Beebe to Chancellor Klein, Deputy Chancellor Lam, and members of the Children First Numeracy Working Group, Dec 2002.
December 18, 2002
Bas Braams to Chancellor Joel Klein, Dec 17 and 18, 2002. Two letters about mathematics in the Children First initiative.
December 17, 2002
Klein Pans Math Programs, by Joe Williams, The New York Daily News, December 17, 2002.
NCTM Standards-based Programs. Added a link to reviews and commentary on the UCSMP Everyday Mathematics K-6 program.
December 15, 2002
Letters to National Officials and National Testimony. Two new subsections on the main page, under National News and Opinion. These letters and testimonies had been listed on a sub-page.
December 13, 2002
Math in The City: A View from the College Classroom, by Stanley Ocken and Robert Feinerman (EU, Dec 2002).
December 12, 2002
Open Letter to Chancellor Joel I. Klein and Deputy Chancellor Diana Lam. For an Alternative to NCTM Standards-based "Constructivist" Mathematics Programs in New York City.
December 11, 2002
Meeting with Chair Evan Rudall of Children First Numeracy Working Group (Dec 11, 2002). Talking points for the meeting.
December 10, 2002
Written NY Testimony. A new subsection on the main page, under NYC HOLD Activities. This testimony had been listed on a sub-page.
December 08, 2002
Letters and Written Testimony under NYC HOLD Activities. Posted some letters on the main page.
Grants and Contracts. New subsection under New York City Issues.
December 03, 2002
New Math Standards and Teaching Methods, by Ralph A. Raimi (RDC, 021202). Followed by an email exchange with a past teacher, John Bliss.
December 02, 2002
Survey responses for Children First Numeracy Working Group (Nov 2002). Contributions by Marvin Bishop, Bas Braams, Sylvain Cappell, Elizabeth Carson, Ginny Donnelly, Jonathan Goodman, Fred Greenleaf, Leonie Haimson, David Klein, Christine Larson, Denise Matava Haffenden, Mike McKeown, Chuck Newman, Marvin Rich, and Martha Schwartz.
December 01, 2002
Math Problems ("A Mom Becomes a Math Maverick"), by Bas Braams, Letters, Our Town, Nov. 28, 2002.
Titles, but not links, for a batch of New York Post articles from the period April-June, 2001. Links will be created if and when permission is received from the Post.
Basic Skills and Understanding, by Ze'ev Wurman. (Concerning an article in Education Week, Nov 20, 2002.)
November 22, 2002
Request for responses to a Children First survey, by Elizabeth Carson for NYC HOLD (Nov 22, 2002).
November 20, 2002
Bush to Push for Math and Science Upgrade, by David J. Hoff (Ed Week, Nov 20, 2002).
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