Right Wisdom

 I used to write a lot on this blog about leadership and you can still read all of those blog postings. I may still write about leadership but this blog and my other two will focus on things I enjoy. Not to say I don't enjoy leadership but I'll be mixing it up more. I have a bible verse for the week blog and a sport blog and those will focus on those things.  This Blog will focus on leadership, politics, trips, math and topics I find interesting. Today I want to mention that I started a YouTube channel on math topics. I posted my first one last week and it dealt with finding 10s when adding a lot of numbers together. Whether you like math or find it to be the worst thing in the world please know that math is everywhere and in everything you do. Math isn't about crunching numbers, it isn't made to torture you. Math is more about problem solving, understanding processes, and making things easier. Everyone can be successful in math; you just have to understand the language...

http://www.stolaf.edu/other/extend/Expectations/society.html The link I have included is a compilation of some business executives who write about what they are seeing in the math ability of their employees. Is America falling behind the world in math education? I would hope not. However trends seem to suggest otherwise and the linked article is just an example of what the business world is seeing as repercussions to America's lack of quality math education. Jim Miller of the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute asked in the article why the University of Wisconsin offers a course that is primarily about adding fractions. This is a trend we see far too frequently in colleges and Universities around the country. It is my belief that this is caused by the lack of basics and number sense being taught in elementary schools. Miller goes on to say "There's almost no accountability now. Students are not being challenged. If they feel good, they think that's enough. I don't ...

Have you ever wondered why students in the United States have been performing so poorly in Mathematics? It's not that math is hard. It's not that students are stupid. It is all in the way students learn and specifically how they learn math. We need to teach them math in a way that makes sense to them. Type in "Math Wars" in Google and see what you find. Let me hear what you think. Thanks!!