I hadn’t heard about the new new math until reading the Washington Post’s article
Parents Rise Up Against a New Approach to Math.

The program de-emphasizes memorization and drills and pushes students to use more creative ways to find answers, such as drawing pictures, playing games and using objects. Prince William officials say “Investigations,” which [...]

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Here’s an extraordinary essay on
explaining math which goes a long way towards illustrating what’s wrong with education by memorization in general. I am not very good at math, but I don’t think it’s because I lack aptitude. I’ve actually made great strides recently under my own power. But almost all of my early education [...]

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