Informative ReadingWhy do teens fail math? "It ain't the kids".

Why do teens fail math? "It ain't the kids". Lynn Thompson. Seattle Times. Online September 2006. ...High-quality teachers are the key to improving students' math skills… all students can learn if teachers are skilled, teach material in a variety of ways and have high expectations of their students. … Sarah Grim, a math teacher from Washington in the US, said it has taken her several years to master the connected mathematics curriculum or integrated math that has replaced the traditional algebra, geometry, algebra sequence in many of the region's middle and high schools. "To be truly effective at teaching, it takes five to seven years. It's like learning a foreign language." …