>
>From a denizen of Silicon Valley:
>
>I think the "New, Flexible Math" is misunderstood. It's not an
>answer to how to give "disadvantaged" students a "deep understanding"
>of mathematics. A very small fraction of our total student
>population will ever have such no matter what we do. Rather, this
>new movement is advocating a math curriculum that can be "taught" by
>a teacher with no math skills his/herself without the embarrassment
>of exposure.
>
>The New Economy is causing the "IQ Premium" to soar. Whenever I meet
>a teacher with more than 1300 SAT points, I drag him/her off to one
>of my startups. Meanwhile, I scratch my head trying to figure out
>how my now-14-month-old son is going to get an education with all my
>peers in high tech also working to denude America's schools of anyone
>with an IQ in the triple digits.
>
>
>EXCERPTS FROM VARIOUS CALIFORNIA STATE ASSESSMENT EXAMS OVER THE YEARS:
>
>
>In 1960 ("archaic education"): A logger sells a truckload of lumber
>for $100. His cost of production is four fifths the price. What is
>his profit?
>
>In 1970 ("traditional math"): A logger sells a truckload of lumber
>for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price; in other words
>$80. What is his profit?
>
>In 1970 ("new math"): A logger exchanges set L of lumber for set M
>of money. The cardinality of set M is 100 and each element is worth
>$1. Make 100 dots representing the elements of set M. The set C of
>costs contains 20 fewer points than set M. Represent set C as a
>subset of set M, and answer the following question: What is the
>cardinality of the set P of profits?
>
>1980's. ("Basic skills" CTBS tests): A logger sells a truckload of
>wood for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20.
>Your assignment: Underline the number 20.
>
>In 1990 ("Outcome-based" CLAS tests): By cutting down beautiful
>forest trees, a logger makes $20. What do you think of this way of
>making a living? Topic for group discussion: How did the forest
>birds and squirrels feel?
>
>In 2000: ("New, Flexible Math"): Keep bending them straws and don't
>ask no questions.
>
>
>
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