This is the first in a series of posts comparing Khan Academy's online math courses to our new Shormann Math curriculum. Shormann Math is part of DIVE Math and Science. When Sal Khan started tutoring his cousins in 2003 using digital whiteboard video lectures, my family's small business was already in its third year of producing similar products. Since then, … Continue reading Comparing Khan Academy’s Mastery Approach to Shormann Math’s Fluency Approach for Teaching High School Math
Common Core
C.S. Lewis Destroys Common Core in One Sentence
Common Core Cancer A brave Texas 7th-grader alleges that during an assignment about Common Core's fake version of critical thinking, the teacher directed students to label God as a myth. This type of "anchor chart" assignment forces students to wrongfully classify all statements as either fact, opinion, or commonplace assertion. Here's how these categories are defined in a typical Common Core … Continue reading C.S. Lewis Destroys Common Core in One Sentence
Defining Mathematics
The Challenge of Defining Mathematics Throughout history, humans have never settled on one particular definition for mathematics. Part of the reason is the abstract nature of mathematics, and the way general mathematical truths can apply to an infinite number of situations. For example, think of numbers. Numbers are abstract ideas. The number 3 is an idea … Continue reading Defining Mathematics
Jesus Christ, the Common Core of all DIVE courses
A Brief History of University Late in the 12th Century, a phenomenon unique to Europe appeared, the university. University is actually a combination of two words, unity and diversity. Originally, universities were schools that owned no real estate, but were instead an association of teachers or students. Although not always theologically or scholarly accurate, what … Continue reading Jesus Christ, the Common Core of all DIVE courses
Studying His Word and His Works 