Today is Pi Day--March 14--in honor of π's first three digits. New Scientist has an excellent article with "Five tasty facts about the famous ratio."

-- OneTahiti

Education Week gives the Quality Counts results by state for math progress: Link... (PDF).

Tennessee ranks #45, but the news isn't all bad.

It is strongly recommended that everyone with an interest in education or the arts read this essay by Paul Lockhart, "Lockhart's Lament:" Link....

It's 25 pages in PDF format, packed mostly with truths, and a good read.

Education Week has an article about a recent study which attempts to compare 8th grade math and science proficiency percentage results for the various states in the US with proficiency results in other countries:

RB asked (Link...) about my views on how to bring up performance in math-related school subjects. Here you go, RB, and thanks for asking! :)

The things one must do to bring up "math" performance in middle and high school are dictated by the nature of the "math" tasks themselves.