Fantastic progress in a classroom
Remember the Decile 1 school teacher who attended my NZEI presentation, whose pupils now wanted…
Maths Education Blog
What have we Achieved?
We have a spat between our tertiary engineering schools and our secondary schools/NZQA. It's time…
Manitoba, Canada brings back column addition!
In Manitoba, Canada, it's the start of a new school year, and a revised mathematics…
A teacher making a difference
Teachers, please read and share this exciting feedback with your colleagues! "Hi Audrey, I attended…
New English primary maths curriculum rewards pupils who use column-based methods
Last week, the United Kingdom’s Department for Education published a revised national curriculum to be…
Is professional development our only solution?
Last month, I received a letter from the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, in response…
Maths tutor offers solution to Novopay’s problems
The Minister Responsible for Novopay, Steven Joyce, remains confident that the remaining bugs in the…
A brighter future for mathematics education in New Zealand
In the NZ Herald, Peter Hughes asks how TIMSS 2011 and PISA 2009 can produce…
Review of March 2013
I thought I would try to collate some of the interesting and thought-provoking comments on…