FYI -- NPR's "On Point" discussed math education yesterday. You can listen or download the 45 minute podcast: http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2008/03/20080327_a_main.asp http://www.wbur.org/listen/podcasts/onpoint.xml The End of the Math Wars? Aired: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10-11AM ET By guest host Jane Clayson Here's a headline you may have missed: a truce has been declared in the great American "Math War." For 20-odd years, mathematicians, parents, and teachers have been arguing over the best way to teach your children math. Well, a national panel formed by President Bush two years ago has just issued its findings, and is pushing schools to go back to the basics -- memorization, multiplication tables, and less so-called "fuzzy math." This hour, On Point: we ask experts if it all adds up -- and with their help, we do your kids' math homework. ·John Hechinger, education reporter for The Wall Street Journal · Mary Eich, a former math teacher, she is the K-8 math coordinator for the Newton, Massachusetts, public schools · Wilfried Schmid, professor of mathematics at Harvard University and a member of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel, which recently released its report · Joseph Rosenstein, professor of mathematics at Rutgers University and director of the New Jersey Mathematics and Science Education Coalition