CTK Insights

With the ever recurrent hoopla about forcing Algebra I courses on 9 and even 8 graders, I often recollect the expressed desire of an official math educator to have every student perform better than the average. Such semantic inconsistency does not necessarily strengthen the arguments either in favor or against making algebra a graduation requirement, but [...]

Believe it or not, but here’s a message I found in my mail box: *** Just the Facts Number of physicians in the US: 700,000. Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year: 120,000.  Accidental deaths per physician: 0.171 (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services) Number of gun owners in the US: 80,000,000.  Number of [...]