tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762201600804179432.post3783594190116313121..comments2023-12-15T07:51:27.673-08:00Comments on Betrayed - Why Public Education Is Failing: What's the education budget for lawsuits?Laurie H. Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18367210923946752695noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762201600804179432.post-68840802418089831682009-04-17T16:25:00.000-07:002009-04-17T16:25:00.000-07:00Best attack on all this math nonsense is the YouTu...Best attack on all this math nonsense is the YouTube video called "An Inconvenient Truth" by M. J. McDermott. (Also Google my "The Assault on Math.")<br />These bad math programs exactly parallel the lame reading pedagogy called Whole Word, Sight Words, etc.<br />A modern educator, it seems to me, is a person resolutely opposed to education. Explain that.Bruce Deitrick Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881671487606709421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762201600804179432.post-43929316856186595422009-04-13T08:04:00.001-07:002009-04-13T08:04:00.001-07:00My sixth grader is working on Pre Algebra from the...My sixth grader is working on Pre Algebra from the Saxon curriculum this year. I am awaiting the Jr. High's decision on what will be offered for incoming 7th graders next year. If the only opportunities are with the Connected Math (7th and 8th grade math) or Core Plus 1 curriculums (which the district calls Integrated 1, 9th grade math), then I will have no choice but to continue to homeschool her so she will continue to get algebra experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762201600804179432.post-63035587927756190472009-04-12T23:15:00.000-07:002009-04-12T23:15:00.000-07:00Spokane Central Admin may be waiting ...Randy Dorn...Spokane Central Admin may be waiting ...<BR/>Randy Dorn still has only Math folks working for him who formulated all the old Terry Bergeson nonsense recommendations that Spokane uses. Whether OSPI actually brings about the changes the legislature asked for is really yet to be seen. Most everything aimed at a positive NMAP math direction has come from the State Board of Education not OSPI.<BR/><BR/>Spokane may be waiting to see if the TB hired math old guard can resist NMAP changes.dan dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.com