Word: downplaying
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...Math " of the 60's (except that it was, indeed, "the mathematicians" who pushed that misguided effort into our schools) and tangential about "textbooks." He is correct to call for continuing improvement in teacher education to support more challenging mathematics in every classroom, but wrong to downplay the central role of pedagogy in pre-college math classrooms...
Illustrator Elizabeth Dahlie's drawings clearly place Henrietta at Harvard, as she approaches the steps of Widener Library or walks the University president to his home by The Charles Hotel, but those closely involved with the book downplay its political implications...
...Even before the polls closed last night, Engler and other prominent Bush supporters sought to downplay McCain...
Penn's leading five should see considerable stage time, but Melissa Johnson doesn't want to downplay the importance of The Quaker Players' supporting cast...