James Milgram

December 12, 2017

Study: Updated Massachusetts K-12 Standards Are Worse in English, Still Mediocre in Math

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September 8, 2014

Common Core Math Will Reduce Enrollment in High-Level High School Courses

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March 27, 2014

Audio: Lead Mathematics Standards-Writer William McCallum

These audio clips are from Professor William McCallum’s remarks on college readiness in Common Core’s mathematics standards at a meeting sponsored by the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America in San Francisco, California, in January 2010. Viewers might also...
March 4, 2014

Common Core Math’s House of Hay

More than once, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has described himself as a frustrated architect. But nothing highlights our governor’s questionable architectural chops like his unwise decision to dismantle the nationally-recognized K-12 academic standards that were central to Massachusetts’ landmark 1993 Massachusetts Education...
October 1, 2013

Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare Students for STEM

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