Cynthia Chiong, PhD, reviews and rates educational apps for children.  Ms. Chiong recently posted her wish list of what she would like to see in a children’s app.  Here are the highlights.  First, Ms. Chiong wants to see apps that are more than just a drill.  She looks for apps that teach strategy and reasoning, […]

Dr. Schmidt, a professor at the Michigan State University, has recently released the results of his study that suggests that the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for Mathematics strongly resemble the standards of the highest-achieving nations, and that they have more focus, coherence and rigor than most of the state standards they replaced.  In fact, […]