Last night, "60 Minutes" ran a segment on Khan Academy and the influence it is having in improving mathematics education. Here is the letter I sent them today:
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Brian L
3/12/2012 10:17:46 am
The segment definitely needed balance. Your letter provides that balance. Unfortunately, it won't get the audience the segment yesterday did.
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Clare E.
3/13/2012 05:02:52 am
Brian,
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3/13/2012 06:34:39 am
@Clare E Ugh…*face palm*…I totally meant to include this! Thanks for catching that.
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4/12/2012 10:52:50 pm
So true - well done. Why we continue to teach math out of any intellectual context or problem-based sequencing is beyond me. And it's not for lack of alternatives, as I blogged recently: read Harold Fawcett's book The Nature of Proof from 1936 - an unbelievably cool inductive and critical-thinking focused yearlong course in geometry, with transfer tasks in a close reading of legislation! See also my work and those of others in the Quantitative Literacy movement of 15 years ago, and Schoenfeld's work of the last 30 years.
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4/13/2012 01:59:19 am
Thank you for your thoughtful comment. I look forward to reading your suggestions. I am very familiar with the Exeter math program and I would agree that it has many benefits. I would love to know more about your reservations with their approach.
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9/14/2013 08:11:56 am
It's a good letter. What was disturbing about the praise is that it is KA's own public relations. You don't expect such lazy journalism from 60 minutes.
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