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Introduction North Carolina spends billions each year on K–12 public education. Is the money being spent wisely? Answering that question involves informal as well as formal processes. Informally, parents render…
State test scores show slight improvement over last year’s scores but still trail prepandemic levels. The hard work of teachers and students should be recognized; however, problems remain, achievement gaps…
What is happening to all that money Wake County Schools (WCPSS) is getting for covid relief? According to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, WCPSS received $433.4 million to…
Kenin Spivak writes at National Review Online about the folly of “woke” math. Math proficiency is white supremacy, proclaims Deborah Lowenberg Ball, a mathematics professor and former dean of the…
John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke, “The Right AOC,” critiques a recent document that argues precise mathematics instruction is racist. Contact Amy at [email protected]. Follow her at https://www.facebook.com/TheRightAOC and https://twitter.com/TheRightAOC.
Katherine Timpf explores at National Review Online a new textbook that treats mathematics as a potential threat to society. According to a new textbook written by a professor at the…
The N.C. Department of Public Instruction has released its 2016-17 report card data. The average class sizes were as follows: Grade/Course Average Class Size (2016-17) Kindergarten 19 01 19 02…
Ian Miles Cheong explains at the Daily Caller how “white privilege” silliness has moved into the world of mathematics. A University of Illinois math professor believes that algebra and geometry…
State test scores will be released later today. But we have ACT scores to analyze in the meantime! North Carolina’s 2017 ACT-tested graduating class composite score was 19.1 (on a…
While the national ACT scores dropped slightly, the percentage of North Carolina students who met college readiness benchmarks in English, math, reading, and science remained at 18 percent. The percentage…
Today, the NC Senate’s Education/Higher Education Committee considered changes to high school math. Before the state adopted Common Core math standards in 2010, high schools offered the standard Algebra I,…
This is a big reason why I don’t teach. In the radical days when I was getting certified to teach, we were told there was a difference between educators and…