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Real Algebra, Blog #2 In the previous blog I talked about the importance of providing a reliable route to success in math, and specifically in algebra, for all students.  Such a route does not currently exist.   There are three fundamental flaws in existing algebra curricula: • They do not effectively get

In the United States, the journey of students as they attempt to learn mathematics from preschool through 12th grade is akin to Napoleon’s “march to Moscow.”

I’m reading a book by a well-known edtech leader about AI. He’s a person whose opinion I respect, and he sees a great deal of potential in Generative AI,  appropriately so. He starts the book by describing how he had used AI to help his 11-year-old daughter write

This is an update on my professional activities for my past and present colleagues, and anyone else who might be interested. Today, which happens to be my birthday, I completed what I believe is my final consulting project for Age of Learning: a knowledge map for the mastery of algebraic

It’s funny how one can work in a field for many years and in many contexts and discover that some of the most basic concepts of that field are not clearly elucidated.  Let’s consider the concepts of “student” and “teacher.” Everybody knows what a student is—it’s

What IS curriculum?