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Eisenhower understood that however gripping the battle histories, nothing captures the heartrending pity of war the way good poetry can, particularly that written in trenches and foxholes amid the horrors of combat. It is one thing to read in a textbook that more than 116,000 U.S. soldiers died in World War I; it's quite another to be struck by the question British poet Wilfred Owen raised in his Anthem for Doomed Young: "What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?/Only the monstrous anger of the guns./Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle/Can patter out their hasty...
...launched two new vehicles, including a minivan, which goes on sale this week, only five months after the plant geared up production for it. There have been plenty of problems and more than a few Mickey Mouse alarms along the way, but the auto plant has become a textbook example of how a joint venture in China can succeed--as well as a prime exhibit in the politically charged debate over U.S.-China trade...
MATH-TEXT WOES If you've ever tried to help your kid with algebra homework and marveled at the poor quality of her textbook, you're in good company. The American Association for the Advancement of Science evaluated the dozen texts used most widely in U.S. schools and found only seven to be even "adequate." It found that five other texts "lacked potential for student learning." These texts failed to engage students, develop math concepts or encourage students' thinking skills. See the Association's site at project2061.org for a summary and list of the texts evaluated...
...Schmid is simplistic on calculators, incorrect on "downgrading skills," hyperbolic on the "avant garde reformers," irrational on textbook economics, ill-informed on "statistical studies and anecdotal evidence," inverted on the role of "understanding" in the "New 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...
...stakes are high in this argument. State curriculum frameworks need to be written, and these serve as basis for assessment tests; some of the reformers receive substantial educational research grants, consulting fees or textbook royalties. For now, the reformers have lost the battle in California. They are redoubling their efforts in Massachusetts, where the curriculum framework is being revised. The struggle is fierce, by academic standards...