From MIT and NBER, this just in: "...almost all girls with the ability to reach high math achievement levels are not doing so." (Here's the paper.) The basic premise, which I believe in my bones to be correct, is that half of the very best math students in this...
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Stanley Kaplan, RIP
I have plenty of criticisms of what's taught under the Kaplan name these days, but there's no denying that, love it or hate it, the test prep industry started with this dynamic teacher and entrepreneur (and, later, philanthropist). Rest in peace, Stanley Kaplan.
Team Codex Goes Down
...as my team, Beginner's Luck, wins the 2009 MIT Mystery Hunt in 63 hours, 2 minutes. Check out some snarky and fun coverage of the event by G4TV's Attack of the Show.
I Don’t Care Whether You’re Smart. I Only Care How Hard You Try
Carol Dweck hits the nail on the head. You might think that "you're so smart!" is a good thing to say to someone. You'd be wrong, though; that turns out to disincent people to work hard. If you want to praise a student, a better choice is "you must have worked hard...
I’ve Been Busy!
Gentle readers: It's been a busy autumn.* The math team is doing quite well; we have 44 points out of 60 on the CAML moving into the third round (yes, that's very good, and yet we're only just getting going)* SAT prep is going well as always, but the new development...
Welcome To The Team, Coach
Just a quick announcement that Urban High School of San Francisco has started a math competition team this year, with yours truly as the coach. It's clear from the first meeting that this is going to be fun.(Other Bay Area schools, you're on notice: we're comin' for...