A Student Speaks
” ‘Use logic in math’ is my motto.” — Sophia S (October 31, 2010) That, and persistent, hard work, are why she gets mostly As. …
Philosophy
The Importance of Mathematics: An Example
The Lake Peigneur salt dome drilling disaster, which you can read about on Wikipedia and see on YouTube (and on EducatedEarth.com), demonstrates the importance and …
Advice For Writing — and Math. And All Other Subjects.
In “Can You Drop It on Your Foot?” (National Association of Scholars, June 02, 2011), John Maguire says: Student papers are often unreadable not only …
Khan Academy
Some people seem to be sold on the videos of Mr. Khan of Khan Academy. However, in “tutoring” mathematics, Mr. Khan does nothing but deliver …
Not All That Glitters Is Gold
In “More Argument, Fewer Standards” (Education Week, April 19, 2011), Mike Schmoker and Gerald Graff start off seemingly hot, saying: If we want record numbers …
How Not To Teach Math
No wonder Dan Meyer is a heralded educator: he’s a pragmatist who would have our kids’ minds be crammed into and restricted to the immediate …
A Great Book on Philosophy
A History of Philosophy by Wilhelm Windelband, available for viewing or download on Google books. HT: Andy C.
Theoretical Statistics Is Practical and Life-Giving
In “The Median Isn’t the Message,” Stephen Jay Gould (evolutionary biologist who taught at Harvard University) wrote: My life has recently intersected, in a most …
Poetry of Parmenides
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has some fragments of the (philosophic) poetry of Parmenides, with philosophic commentary. They say about Parmenides: Parmenides of Elea, active …
Our Educational System is Broken: An Anecdote
In “Arne Duncan, Among the Scientists” (Curriculum Matters Blog on Education Week; August 25, 2009 12:21 PM) Sean Cavanagh writes: [Secretary of Education Arne Duncan] …