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...N.C.T.M. itself has come riding to the rescue. In a notably slim document, it has identified just three essential goals, or "focal points," for each grade from pre-K to eighth, none of them fuzzy, all of them building blocks for higher math. In fourth grade, for instance, the group recommends focusing on the quick recall of multiplication facts, a deep understanding of decimals and the ability to measure and compute the area of rectangles, circles and other shapes. "Our objective," says Fennell, "is to get conversations going at the state level about what really is important." In recent weeks...
...have a solution to the national math problem? We certainly have the correct formula. The question is, Can we apply it? Already the N.C.T.M.'s focal points are being called a back-to-basics movement, another swing of the ideological pendulum rather than a fresh look at what it would take to get more kids to calculus by 12th grade. If the script follows that of the Reading Wars, what comes next will be dreary times-tables recitals in unison, dull new books that fail to inspire understanding, and drill, drill, drill, much like the unhappy scenes in many...
...Bulldog defense. The former is a linebacker and the latter, a strong safety, has two defensive touchdowns. They’ll be matched by Harvard’s Bryant Brothers, sophomore Brenton and junior Desmond. Each plays the same defensive end position, one that will be the focal point against an offense that features the leading yard-gainer in the Ivy League this season...
...your best friends, and, most importantly, Harvard is crushing Yale. Harvard-Yale weekend is one of the only times when College students get together in one place and let it all hang out. Traditionally, the Ohiri Field debauch-fest known as the tailgate has been the focal point of the weekend. But with new restrictions against underage drinking, some students fear that this year’s tailgate will be lacking. Appropriately wary, student leaders are putting their reinstated UHaul privileges to creative use and considering a weekend full of crowd-pleasing events.MOOSE VS. CHICKENIn years past, the combination...
CBGB’s long, torturous decline has not provided the “other music for uplifting gormandizers” that it awkwardly totes at the end of its name, at least not since it earned the dubious honor of being a focal point for youth crew, violence-driven New York hardcore...