Welcome to EduIssues.com, a site to discuss education issues facing the area around San Mateo, CA. Please read the Welcome message for more details about this site. All discussions are moderated as explained in the Welcome message.
NOTE: My (Dr. David Kristofferson’s) tutoring site www.kristutoring.com is now located here following my retirement at the end of May 2022.
On this page below, you will find article directories of (a) the most important articles on this site, (b) the most recent articles in each topic, and (c) the Top 10 most read articles on this blog. As of early July 2022, “Pros and Cons of the CPM Math Textbook Series” has been viewed over 24,000 times by readers from across the U.S. and around the world reflecting its controversial reception by parents and students. Following the directories on this page, all articles are displayed in reverse chronological order.
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Most Important Articles for new Visitors to this Blog
- Raising our Children – American Society Reflects our Values and Choices
- SMUHSD Class Sign-up Time – Please Read This First!
- It’s AP ex(sc)am time again!
- Never Believe Educational Experts (or Me)!
- Reducing the Achievement Gap
- “Mutual Assured Destruction”
- Critical School Reopening Issues from the SMUHSD Board Meeting
- My SMUHSD Board Report on NGSS – A Lot of People of Good Will Trying to Deal with a Tough Problem
- Will “Online Learning” Work?
- Info from UC Berkeley confirms why students should not skip from Precalculus to Calculus BC
- Pros and Cons of the CPM Math Textbook Series
- Why Can’t We Teach Mathematics Properly?
- A Hole in the Aragon Math Curriculum
- How Students are “Accelerating” in Math at Aragon
- How to Interest Kids in Science, Engineering, and Math
- How to Get in to Harvard
Recent Topics
(Click on any topic title below for all articles in that category in reverse chronological order – only the most recent or important articles are listed below)
- “Thank You for Being Late”
- San Mateo County COVID-19 Data One Month After Reopening
- Healing our Country – Bring Back the Fairness Doctrine
- Reducing the Achievement Gap
- The Battle Over the California Math Framework Revision
- ALERT – “Draft California Mathematics Framework Shortchanges STEM”
- The Local Math Wars Begin *Again* – Part 2
- The Local Math Wars Begin *Again*
- “Private Schools Are Indefensible” and a Speech for my Daughter’s Wedding
- Critical School Reopening Issues from the SMUHSD Board Meeting
- Comments Following the 6/25 SMUHSD Board Meeting
- The Best Way to Resolve the Health Controversy Around School Reopening
- The Mental Health Issues Involved with Distance Learning
- Board Agenda Posted and a Letter from San Mateo High School Teachers to Parents
- Reopening News from the SMUHSD Superintendent
- Start Normal? Take a Closer Look…
- The SMUHSD “Remote Learning” Problems of Spring 2020 are NOT Indicative of the Future
- A Way Out of the School Reopening Morass??
Issues in Teaching Mathematics
- Reducing the Achievement Gap
- The Battle Over the California Math Framework Revision
- ALERT – “Draft California Mathematics Framework Shortchanges STEM”
- The Local Math Wars Begin *Again* – Part 2
- The Local Math Wars Begin *Again*
- A Result to Inspire Women in Mathematics!
- Guest Article: Why I Oppose the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics
- Why a “Sage on the Stage” in a Classroom is not always a Bad Thing
- Senior Dilemma: What to Take – AP Statistics or Calculus BC?
- Aragon Accelerated Math Class Drop Rate Controversy Has Been Resolved
- Alarmingly High Drop Rate for Aragon’s Accelerated Math Classes??
- How Students are “Accelerating” in Math at Aragon
- STEM Class Issues from the 2017-2018 Aragon School Year: Part 2 – AP Statistics
- STEM Class Issues from the 2017-2018 Aragon School Year: Part 1 – Precalculus (with an aside on Multivariable Calculus)
- Pros and Cons of the CPM Math Textbook Series
- Why is 10^0 = 1 ???
- Why Can’t We Teach Mathematics Properly?
- Help for AP Physics Students during the Pandemic
- UPDATE on AP Exam Uploading Issues
- AP Exam takers lost network connectivity in some cases !!!
- SMUHSD Class Sign-up Time – Please Read This First!
- Prepared?
- Raising our Children – American Society Reflects our Values and Choices
- 2019-2020 High School Class Sign-up Time – Please Read This Article First!
- Senior Dilemma: What to Take – AP Statistics or Calculus BC?
- How to get in to Harvard
- How the College Admissions Scandal was Uncovered
- SAT Test Prep Recommendations
Top Ten Most Read Articles
- Pros and Cons of the CPM Math Textbook Series
- Senior Dilemma: What to Take – AP Statistics or Calculus BC?
- Info from UC Berkeley confirms why students should not skip from Precalculus to Calculus BC
- The Battle Over the California Math Framework Revision
- Guest Article: Why I Oppose the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics
- It’s AP ex(sc)am time again!
- SMUHSD Debating a Change to a Quarter System?
- The SMUHSD “Remote Learning” Problems of Spring 2020 are NOT Indicative of the Future
- STEM Class Issues from the 2017-2018 Aragon School Year: Part 2 – AP Statistics
- Critical Warnings re AP Classes
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