Photo Courtesy: Deepa Sudhir All for one: Education for our children has come to occupy pole position in our lives. Being a teacher, tutor, mentor and a parent of two teenagers, I do know this much. After years of my …
Math competitions are major measuring level for us to find out where our kids are standing in terms of critical thinking.The kids who are doing great in math competitions like Olympiad/CML/Math Kangaroo/Math Count etc..are the strong math students in future. …
THE MAJOR TURNING POINT AGAINST MATH THAT I AM SEEING WITH STUDENTS ARE AT 5TH GRADE AND ALGEBRA 2 : WHY??? More than any other subject, lack of skills and confidence in mathematics can destroy a child’s confidence and prevent …
This is purely my experience in US School system and the things I did to fix it. First of all, here’s my definition of a bad teacher. 1. A teacher that doesn’t value education 2. A teacher that doesn’t value …
This is for current 6th grade parents around San Jose, California. In 7th grade there are 2-3 levels for math: 1. Algebra 1 (8th grade level) 2. Pre-Algebra Advanced 3. Pre-Algebra basics. Advantages of Algebra 1 1. Highly motivated class. …
Dear parents, Summer is around the corner, so I thought of sharing this with you. Even though we say summer is not for studies, a little preparation will not hurt. Beware, some marketing of my center will also be expected! …
After hearing a lot of comments from parents about the normal schools they attended back in other countries and how they are doing great now, I feel like putting this in writing. The common argument is that it doesn’t matter …
Let me start with my recent experience in this topic. I work at a school where the API is the lowest in the District. We are marketing our AP Calculus program because if there is not enough students to take …
This is going to be a progressive blog which will be updated periodically with great web links. Trust me, these are worth a million. 03/12/10 – http://harvardmagazine.com/commencement/the-fringe-benefits-failure-the-importance-imagination
Who am I to write this blog, and what makes it interesting for people like you to come back? Ok, here you go. I am turning 38 this month and I’m just turning back and looking at what I did …