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wapiti

10-01-2010, 11:21 AM

in case any of you are interested http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/education/01math.html?_r=1&hp

and another link that may be interesting that was contained in the comments http://www.thedailyriff.com/2010/10/singapore-math-demystified-why-we-should.php

WendyK

10-01-2010, 12:06 PM

I noticed a girl in my son's ballet class who had a Singapore math book (she goes to a private school in Albany NY). This is something new there too because I remember last year her mother mentioned they were using Everyday Math there (which is what much of NY uses).

Shay

10-01-2010, 01:04 PM

Interesting! Thanks, wapiti.

Caroline

10-01-2010, 01:06 PM

I was just coming to post this. It came to my inbox this morning from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation...

ChristineW

10-01-2010, 07:56 PM

My niece's school adopted Singapore Math this year and while my mom was skeptical, my sister and her daughter both love it.

Christine

NYC

10-02-2010, 05:08 PM

Thanks for sharing both links.

Pencil Pusher

10-03-2010, 04:13 PM

Any chance the author is our Bill? :D

Spy Car

10-04-2010, 04:16 PM

Any chance the author is our Bill? :D

Not a chance :D

I though the article was a very poor bit of journalism.

Bill

Pencil Pusher

10-04-2010, 08:54 PM

Not a chance :D

I though the article was a very poor bit of journalism.

Bill

Sorry. :blush: It didn't sound like your style, but I got to the bottom of an article about how great Singapore is, & it said, "Bill," & I know there aren't more than one or two Bills in the world, so I knew there were like really, REALLY high odds it was YOU. ;)

I couldn't help wondering. :lol: