216: Why There Is Nothing Wrong With New Math

Have you ever questioned why you’re teaching so many different ways to do division and multiplication or even addition and subtraction? Math these days requires us to teach a lot of different strategies for solving problems, and this can cause a lot of frustration to parents and teachers alike. I want to use this episode to explain why new math teaches kids so many different strategies and why I think it’s a good thing. The reality is that new math is not new. It teaches s...