Saturday, February 6, 2010

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TAKE NOTE

MUST READ: Ruling in Seattle Court Case
February 4, 2010 – Judge Julie Spector today announced her finding of “arbitrary and capricious” in the Seattle School Board's May 6 vote to adopt the Discovering Math series of high school texts despite insufficient evidence of the series' effectiveness.
Judge Spector's decision states, “The court finds, based upon a review of the entire administrative record, that there is insufficient evidence for any reasonable Board member to approve the selection of the Discovering series.”
[Read more (and the actual court decision) on the link above]
If you would like to help (even in a small way) to defray the costs of this effort please consider donating to:
Seattle Math Group,
c/o Martha Mclaren
7020 18th Ave. SW, J22
Seattle, WA 98106
Martha is a retired Seattle Public Schools math teacher.
(HOORAY FOR MARTHA!!)

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