Let’s Fix Math

Matt Galloway:

There have been alarm bells ringing for some time about dropping math scores in this country 

In her documentary, “Are your kids learning math the right way?”, CBC’s Julia Pagel visits a school in Gimli, Manitoba, where new teaching strategies yield impressive test results—while sparking a deeper debate over the best way to teach math.

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Why are students getting worse at math?

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This 2009 (!) University of Wisconsin-Madison Placement Office study of “reform vs traditional math” outcomes came to mind when reading Corrinne Hess’s 7 July 2026 article: “Fewer than half of Wisconsin students are proficient at math“.

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Singapore Math

Discovery Math

Connected Math (2006!)

Math Forum 2007