Mathematically Sound Foundations

Math Programs and Reviews

Everything you'll need to learn about the push toward National Education Standards

GREAT COMICS TOO!!

Taking Action

Great Information Available Here:
Mathematically Sound Foundations

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TAKE NOTE

MUST READ: Ruling in Seattle Court Case

Seattle Math Group

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!!)

Happy New Year!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

So looking forward to a new decade!

Time for some REAL CHANGE!

Yesterday's Op-Ed

Common Core standards undermine California's gains

Ze'ev Wurman

"National standards will affect our children and our economic future for years to come."

Yes, it will affect Missouri too!

State Sovereignty - RTT funds for Education $tandard$

Alternative Needed to Common Core: An Additional Consortium for Common Standards

Yet, if the President and Congress are going to use carrots and sticks to create national standards, we need to look for a way out of the current Common Core morass. The federal rules for the RttT money could not and do not explicitly require the adoption of CCSSI’s standards. Instead, the rules provide a general requirement: States are to participate in a “consortium of states” that is developing a common set of K–12 standards which are “internationally benchmarked” and tied to “college and career readiness” and that includes “a significant number of States.”

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Concerns about state sovereignty raised at the House Education and Labor Committee

Hearing on Dec 8: http://tiny.cc/coercion

Climategate

Must Read: Understanding Climategate

Get It Out of Our Schools

Read Palin's Op-Ed for yourself