{"id":121,"date":"2008-03-18T04:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-18T09:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=121"},"modified":"2020-07-25T19:05:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T00:05:50","slug":"its-3-am-and-the-white-house-wants-to-change-your-math-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s 3 AM and the White House Wants to Change Your Math Curriculum!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Bush&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/bdscomm\/list\/mathpanel\/index.html\">National Math Advisory Panel <\/a>has released its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/bdscomm\/list\/mathpanel\/report\/final-report.pdf\">final report<\/a> and several <a href=\"http:\/\/districtadministration.com\/pulse\">Pulse<\/a> Contributing Editors discuss the merits of the effort while none if surprised by the panel&#8217;s focus on &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/03\/13\/AR2008031301492.html\">core math skills<\/a>.&quot;<br \\><br \/>\u2022 Roger Schank, Ph.D. <a href=\"http:\/\/districtadministration.com\/pulse\/commentpost.aspx?news=no&amp;postid=49556\">challenges many of the assumptions underlying the report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 David Thornburg, Ph.D. <a href=\"http:\/\/districtadministration.com\/pulse\/commentpost.aspx?news=no&amp;postid=49554\">takes issue with the panel chair&#8217;s comments about constructivism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Marvin Minsky, Ph.D. (via an external blog) <a href=\"http:\/\/districtadministration.com\/pulse\/commentpost.aspx?news=no&amp;postid=49553\">explores why math is hard to learn<\/a>.<br \\><br \/>\u2022 Gary Stager, Ph.D. <a href=\"http:\/\/districtadministration.com\/pulse\/commentpost.aspx?news=no&amp;postid=49555\">discusses the likely harm caused by the report&#8217;s inauthentic recommendations<\/a>.<br \\><br \/>\u2022 Math teacher, <a href=\"http:\/\/districtadministration.com\/pulse\/commentpost.aspx?news=no&amp;postid=49551\">Michael Paul Goldenberg, wonders if anything is new<\/a>.<br \\><br \/>Please share these articles with your friends and colleagues!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bush&#8217;s National Math Advisory Panel has released its final report and several Pulse Contributing Editors discuss the merits of the effort while none if &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unfiled"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>It&#039;s 3 AM and the White House Wants to Change Your Math Curriculum! 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