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Aired: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10-11AM ET
An elementary school student works on a math test. Photo: Old Shoe Woman/Flickr |
By guest host Jane Clayson
Here's a headline you may have missed: a truce has been declared in the great American "Math War."
For 20-odd years, mathematicians, parents, and teachers have been arguing over the best way to teach your children math. Well, a national panel formed by President Bush two years ago has just issued its findings, and is pushing schools to go back to the basics -- memorization, multiplication tables, and less so-called "fuzzy math."
This hour, On Point: we ask experts if it all adds up -- and with their help, we do your kids' math homework.
| · | John Hechinger, education reporter for The Wall Street Journal | | · | Mary Eich, a former math teacher, she is the K-8 math coordinator for the Newton, Massachusetts, public schools | | · | Wilfried Schmid, professor of mathematics at Harvard University and a member of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel, which recently released its report | | · | Joseph Rosenstein, professor of mathematics at Rutgers University and director of the New Jersey Mathematics and Science Education Coalition |
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