Your Dec. 1 article, "Questions Raised on Graduation Test," noted that many school officials believe that the current proposed exam is too long and difficult.

In a nationally representative EdWeek Research Center poll, 29% of math teachers said less than a quarter of their English ...

Cindy says she found a shortcut for doing multiplication problems. When she multiplies 3 Ö 24, she says, “3 Ö 4 is 12 ones, or 1 ten and 2 ones.

What's the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables, or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level?