Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Bill Cline of the IIE rightly took Nouriel and me to task (politely) for assuming ...

Years ago, one of my closest friends found himself staring down about $30,000 in credit card debt. He was juggling multiple cards, paying 20%+ interest, and was extremely overwhelmed. Then he ...

A professional body has urged for "balance" in the debate on higher-level Leaving Certificate maths and has said achieving an honours grade is "not as difficult" as is currently perceived. We need to ...

The consensus after Paper One was that Leaving Cert Maths Ordinary Level was too difficult, and higher level a bit easier than usual. Yesterday arrived with everyone wondering would the gods of maths ...

Slightly more than half of the state’s public school students are at or above grade level in reading. The same cannot be said of math. Results of the state’s Smarter Balance assessment show that while ...

It was a 1992 Barbie doll who accurately reminded us, “Math class is tough!” So hard that even a man with two Ivy League degrees, President Obama, is stumbling over the basics. The president seems to ...