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The Sage from the East: Michael Xu’s Story as a Mirror to America’s Math Education Crisis

Posted on 11/07/2026 by Ling Huang

https://nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Resources/Michael_Xu_Success_v_America_Math_Ed_Crisis.pdf by Ling Huang Most people only know Jaime Escalante from Stand and Deliver. Few know there was a Chinese immigrant teacher who did something just as extraordinary:For 20 years in the Arizona desert, he took the state’s poorest Indigenous, … Continue reading →

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He Was Fired for Sexually Harassing Students. California Allowed Him to Keep Teaching Anyway

Posted on 12/05/2026 by Hollly McDede

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with KQED. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. by Holly McDede, KQED, and Mollie Simon, ProPublica This story was … Continue reading →

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On Common Core and Educational Testing

Posted on 24/11/2025 by Joye Walker

Common Core has contributed greatly to decline in academic achievement. K-6 teachers use it as a guide, and feel that it is more of a ceiling to reach rather than a basement to stay above. I found that as I … Continue reading →

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Equitable Grading

Posted on 04/09/2025 by Joye Walker

I think most of these policies are not good for math students. I am OK with test retakes (one per test) if a student scored below 75% on a test, and the maximum possible retake score is 75%. It encourages … Continue reading →

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What Led to the “Massachusetts Education Miracle”?

Posted on 03/04/2015 by Sandra Stotsky

Most governors, state commissioners of education, state boards of education, and Chambers of Commerce seem to have an unshakable confidence in Common Core’s standards as the silver bullet that will make all K-12 students college and career ready. This confidence … Continue reading →

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