Live today: Discover magazine is running a story about dyscalculia, a specific math learning difficulty that affects about 6-10% of the population. Titled How Can a Smart Kid Be So Bad at Math? the article focuses on what is known about dyscalculia and math learning difficulties more generally. The story discusses a young woman here in Wisconsin who struggles with basic arithmetic, but not with more advanced mathematics, and does a wonderful job of summarizing research conducted by Ed, and by a number of our friends around the world, including Daniel Ansari, Melissa Libertus and Justin Halberda and Anna Wilson and Stan Dehaene.
Ed Interviewed for NBC 15 News Story on Summer “Brain Drain”
Ed was interviewed for the local NBC 15 Newscast about the summer “brain drain” which aired at 10 pm on July 1st. The story (both video and text) is reposted here. The UW-Madison School of Education new page also has a short write up here.