re: It's way past time to overhaul our education system

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In Singapore Math, for example (which is pretty much what they use at my kid's school), you learn to work a problem 3 different ways. I think a lot of parents think "why learn to work it 3 different ways, when 1 will suffice." But it's to help build conceptual understanding.

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This sounds like something I would support. I believe in showing many different methods and letting the kid solve however best works for them. This requires great teachers though because if a teacher only knows how to teach one way then its going to be a struggle getting kids to understand the other ways.

I have noticed this as a major problem with why American students struggle with math. The majority of math teachers i have seen struggle when slowing down their process or working it in ways they aren't use to working it. It becomes a jumbled mess of frustration and the question goes unanswered.