by cambriatutors@gmail.com | Oct 3, 2023 | Presidents
President Ronald Reagan Not only did the federal government outdo itself with the ESEA in 1965, but Carl Kaestle1 claims that between 1957 and 1978 the trajectory of federal intervention in education was generally upward even though the road was bumpy. However, all...
by cambriatutors@gmail.com | Oct 3, 2023 | Presidents
President William J Clinton In this post I will show how the Clinton administration continued along the path laid out by the Charlottesville meeting which had adopted the push for standards and sought to obtain excellence for all students. In enacting the Improving...
by cambriatutors@gmail.com | Oct 3, 2023 | Presidents
President Richard Nixon The presidential administration of Richard Nixon could be considered the most active since World War II in terms of a steadily expanding role in public education. But his focus was welfare reform. To assist with his education program President...
by cambriatutors@gmail.com | Oct 5, 2020 | Zero
Zero is not one of the counting numbers yet our number system would be incomplete without it. It is extremely important as a placeholder. It makes the difference between 11 and 101, or between 101 and 1001. I cannot imagine life without zero in any number system....
by cambriatutors@gmail.com | Oct 5, 2020 | Zero
It appears that I am obsessed with zero. Or is it that I worry about nothing. But therein lies the question of the ages. Is it really nothing or is it not nothing? So, really ‘What is the Deal With Zero?’ Many ancient mathematicians wrung their hands in...
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