On Apr 16, 8:48=A0pm, Dom <DR...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> At a recent math conference, a speaker deviated from her presentation
> to discuss the Everyday Math Junk that has been adopted in Newton, MA.
> According to the town, $10 million has been spent on this Junk. In
> Sept. 2006, so many parents complained that last September the parent
> informational night was not held. Many parents are now paying to send
> their children to the after-school and weekend programs at the Russian
> School in Newton. This school is so popular that a branch has been
> opened in Needham.
Thanks for this information. I don't live far from Newton, and I will
look into this school. The web site is http://www.russianschool.com/
.
I don't know if Everyday Math is worse than the the multicultural math
curriculum http://www.gnxp.com/MT2/archives/003450.html
Newton has
previously been using.
Under the current government monopoly system of education, educators
are free to put their ideological agenda ahead of academic
achievement. A voucher system woulld force them to compete and rein in
such shenanigans.
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