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The Common Core Standards in Mathematics stress the importance of conceptual understanding as a key component of mathematical expertise. Alas, in my experience, many math teachers do not understand conceptual understanding. Far too many think that if...

Teaching mathematics is a logical choice for people who are fascinated with using numbers and symbols, functions and equations to solve real-world problems. People who are “fluent in math” and who have a passion for imparting knowledge and helping others...

18.304 (discrete math) is one of two communication intensive (CI-M, where the M means it’s within my major) seminars I need to take as part of my math major. (The second one, which I’m taking this semester, is 18.424, information theory. The other seminar...

The following by Efraim Karsh is reposted here with permission: Israel's Arabs: Deprived or Radicalized? by Efraim Karsh Israel Affairs January 2013, pp. 1-19 http://www.meforum.org/3423/ israel-arabs-deprived- radicalized October 1, 2000, was...

By John Mauldin It is that time of the year when we peer into our darkened crystal balls in hopes of seeing portents of the future in the shadowy mists. This year I see three distinct wisps of vapor coalescing in the coming years. Each deserves its...