From the NY Times, an article “As Math Scores Lag, a New Push for the Basics” about rethinking the teaching of “fuzzy math” in American schools. “The changes are being driven by students’ lagging ...

A persistent criticism of the Real ID Act since its enactment in 2005 has been the charge that the law is a massive unfunded mandate. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initially estimated that ...

The term “fuzzy math” was first introduced during the 2000 presidential campaign by Republican nominee George W. Bush. He used it to describe Democratic nominee Al Gore’s criticism of Bush’s economic ...

Recent gains by U.S. students on an international-comparison test show that the much-maligned “reform math” is in fact working, a middle school math teacher writes in an opinion piece published in The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some of those savings come from cuts to federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...

As Congress prepares for its Memorial Day recess, the Senate has made no progress in passing a budget resolution for fiscal 2013. It has also rejected President Obama’s budget in a 99-0 vote. Congress ...

Whereas x = $1 billion in tax cuts, $61x =$100x. Huh? According to my Oklahoma junior high math, that don't work. But it does at the U.S. House of Representatives.After the GOP promised $100 billion ...

During an April 2 floor debate, New Jersey Democrat Rob Andrews criticized Republicans for citing a study that “ the author claims is just being blatantly misrepresented,” and the House energy ...

What constitutes quality mathematics instruction? And, if we don’t have it in schools now, how do we get it? In this Education Week Commentary, Jere Confrey warns that setting standards will not be ...