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The Thursday New York Times has a series of letters reacting to this earlier piece: One Classroom, From Sea to Shining Sea by Susan Jacoby (NYT, 3/18/10). Jacoby had argued for full-bore nationalization of education: Our lack of a national curriculum, national teacher training standards and federal financial support to attract smart young people to [...] Revealed: the young can learn mathematical concepts. Is this truly news? How often do you read of some educational research results and say “I knew that”? The follow-on: So educational professionals thought 5-and-youngers couldn’t learn math. There’s a frightening and shocking thought! Maybe we should focus on that troubling revelation and ask exactly why the [...] |
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