Readers:
The Education Week article below was posted to the list on June 1,
2001. The article had an incorrect URL forthe MathematicallySane
website.
Here is the correct URL for the website:
http://MathematicallySane.com/index.html
The E-mail address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From the NASSMC Briefing Service (NBS) that is provided by the
National Alliance of State
Science & Mathematics Coalitions through grants from the ExxonMobil Foundation
and the National Security Agency (NSA). Tuesday, June 5, 2001.
Original Source: Detro
Mr. Charles Diggs was a math teacher at Paul Cornell elementary school in 1968.
Several of his old students would like to get together to thank him for all his hard
work, and to tell him that we have followed in his footsteps. We think he would be
proud. But we cannot find him.
If anyone knows
Addendum
Dear Mr. Martin,
My school has abestos and lead based paint. Every year (sometimes 2 or 3 times a year)
the health inspector and the building inspector comes out and checks the building.
Every year, they tell us we have asbestos and lead based paint. If this was private
property, we w
ITBSThe ITBS is a test of basic skills. I believe that after 8 (9) years of
education, students should be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide.
CASE examsI can only speak about the Math Case exams which are a direct reflection
of what Chicago teachers are supposed to be teaching.
