Group: alt.education
From: Mark Peters
Date: Monday, September 24, 2007 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: A new push for the basics

In article < @ >,
Dom wrote:

> On Sep 24, 1:47 pm, "mensana...@ " wrote:
> > On Sep 24, 8:29 am, Dom wrote:
> > >
> > > /stltoday/ /Popup?ReadForm&db=stltoday%...
> [snip]
>
> > Don't you realize that this "reform" math is a conspiracy by
> > the religious right? So don't expect any help from Bush.
> >
> > Destroying the ability of children to properly learn math will
> > drive them away from humanistic science.
> >
> > These same parents who lambast "fuzzy" math are the same ones
> > who elected a Republican administration. If they're too stupid
> > to see the connection then they get what they deserve.
>
> The pseudo-education of American students has made great leaps under
> the current administration. However, "reform math" was developed
> during the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
>

"Reform math" came from "new math" which was present while Kennedy was
president. I do not think who was president made any difference.