Views on Math Education

A couple of important but different takes on math education from the week:

1)  James Tanton on K-12 education:

https://medium.com/@jamestanton/the-unreasonableness-of-k-12-mathematics-7fd234f25135

2)  ...and, calculus vs. statistics/data science -- a timely, ongoing debate in math secondary education:

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/05/23/calculus-is-the-peak-of-high-school.html