This "Mathematician's Lament" is (by far) the best critique of the modern mathematics education that I've seen to date: http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLame

This "Mathematician's Lament" is (by far) the best critique of the modern mathematics education that I've seen to date: http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf