Category Archives: Higher Education

Comments on Hung-Hsi Wu’s “What is school mathematics?”

Posted on 12/04/2026 by Joye Walker

I read a document by Hung-Hsi Wu entitled “What is school mathematics?” I recall reading about some of Wu’s ideas back in the 1990s when I worked for the Department of Mathematics at The University of Iowa. Since that time, … Continue reading →

Posted in Curriculum & Instruction, Higher Education, Joye Walker, K-12, math, Mathematics | Tagged common core, Hung-Hsi Wu, Iowa City, measurement | Leave a comment

New article: Fact-checking Research Claims about Math Education in Manitoba

Posted on 14/12/2024 by Anna Stokke

https://nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Resources/Fact-checking_research_claims_about_math_education_in_Manitoba.pdf EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In a Winnipeg Free Press article, Mathematics education of Manitoba teachers should be based on research (November 13, 2024), Dr. Martha Koch, an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba, made several … Continue reading →

Posted in Curriculum & Instruction, Education policy, Governance, Higher Education, information suppression, K-12, licensure, Mathematics, Uncategorized | Tagged academic rigor, course requirements, education school, Manitoba, math education, standards, teacher standards, teacher training | Leave a comment

Keep the Students but Get Rid of Their Bodies — A Practical Response to Educational Super-Inflation

Posted on 12/05/2020 by Robert Oliphant

Count on the Brits to crucify their American cousins in an ECONOMIST article that slams our universities for raising their fees five times as fast as inflation during the last 30 years — a feat of ivory tower trickery that … Continue reading →

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The Hechinger Report on college admission testing

Posted on 13/10/2019 by Richard P Phelps

Like most education-focused news outlets, the Hechinger Report claims that it “provides in-depth, fact-based, unbiased reporting.” Yet, somehow, it usually ends up dishing the same old formulaic propaganda supportive of education insiders. Their October 9 story, “Questioning their fairness, a … Continue reading →

Posted in College prep, Education journalism, Higher Education, Richard P. Phelps, Testing/Assessment | Tagged ACT, college admission, SAT | 1 Comment

New “science and society” podcast

Posted on 24/06/2019 by Richard P Phelps

ANNOUNCING: Critically Speaking, a new podcast series hosted by Therese Markow, who writes: ” … we separate facts from fallacies at the intersection of science and society. “Every day we make decisions that affect our own lives, … Continue reading →

Posted in Curriculum & Instruction, Education journalism, Education policy, Higher Education, Richard P. Phelps, STEM, Wayne Bishop | Leave a comment

Common Core Collaborators: Six Organizational Portraits

Posted on 31/08/2018 by Richard P Phelps

New in the Nonpartisan Education Review: https://nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Articles/CommonCoreCollaborators.htm Phelps, R. P. (2018). Common Core Collaborators: Six Organizational Portraits. Nonpartisan Education Review/Articles, 14(3–7). – The Organization Named Achieve: Cradle of Common Core Cronyism – The Council of Chief State School Officers and … Continue reading →

Posted in Censorship, College prep, Common Core, Curriculum & Instruction, Education journalism, Education policy, Education Reform, Higher Education, information suppression, K-12, partisanship, research ethics, Richard P. Phelps, Testing/Assessment | Tagged Achieve, Bellwether, CCSSO, College Board, Collegeboard, Fordham, NGA | 1 Comment

A New Core

Posted on 02/12/2016 by Will Fitzhugh

The Concord Review December 2, 2016 Dinosaur scholars like Mark Bauerlein argue that the decline in the humanities in our universities is caused by their retreat from their own best works—literature departments no longer celebrate great literature, history departments no … Continue reading →