
Magical thinking on teaching math
We know a lot about how to teach students who have trouble learning math, writes researcher Tom Loveless. Why not use that? Photo: Karolina Grabowska/Pexels California’s new math framework, under attack for slowing down the fast learners, also will fail students who struggle with math, he writes. The What Works Clearinghouse summarizes the research and recommends “systematic instruction” using “clear and concise mathematical language,” “well-chosen representations” and “numbe