When I was in ninth grade, my English teacher assigned selections from S.I. Hayakawa’s “Language in Thought and Action.” My friends and I were initially baffled by his concepts. Still, we eventually ...

A former student sent me a copy of Ramsey Campbell’s column “Old math, New Math, how ’bout just plain phooey on math,” in the April 25 edition of the Lake Sentinel. Opinions are like noses — we all ...

This guest column was written by Craig McDonald, a former math teacher who is a grandparent of students in the MCCSC. I taught math for 12 years. As a student-teacher, I asked myself the question, ...

Math scores, as reflected on standardized tests in the United States, continue to be dreadfully low. The number of American students completing degrees in mathematics and engineering is at an all-time ...