If you are ever frustrated with your school(district) about the lack of support, it is good to read about how many children are without support to put things in perspective:

Globally, millions of children risk failing to attain an appropriate level of education as a result of learning difficulties. According to All Children Reading, of the more than 150 million children with disabilities under age 18, 80 percent of them live in developing countries, and less than 10 percent of these children go to school. In Ghana, a large number of out of school children on the streets show symptoms of specific learning difficulties. These children also risk failing to reach their educational potential due to general lack of awareness and recognition of learning difficulties as well as absence of appropriate interventions both at home and in school.

Read all about it: HERE

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Do we really need Math?

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Yes and no.

Yes because how will you go through life having difficulty balancing the checkbook or figuring out the best deal in the store or even checking your change after shopping!

But also NO not necessarily the way they teach it in Highschool now. Why do all the kids need to learn the ins and outs of area and circumference of an ellipse? When you are NOT working for NASA?

Anyway, read the story in the link for today for a more practical approach.

Read all about it: HERE

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