http://educationmatters.us/2006/07/08/success-test-scores-not-dropping/ Reform Education because Education Matters. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:37:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://educationmatters.us/2006/07/08/success-test-scores-not-dropping/comment-page-1/#comment-8331 Education Matters US » Antioch Approves Everyday Math Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:18:09 +0000 http://educationmatters.us/?p=597#comment-8331 [...] One board member knows the problems with Everyday Math but still voted to approve it. Educrats are almost always to get board members to vote their way especially when no community members speak up. [...] [...] One board member knows the problems with Everyday Math but still voted to approve it. Educrats are almost always to get board members to vote their way especially when no community members speak up. [...]

]]> http://educationmatters.us/2006/07/08/success-test-scores-not-dropping/comment-page-1/#comment-8221 Education Matters US » LTE: Everyday Math Rebuttal Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:48:35 +0000 http://educationmatters.us/?p=597#comment-8221 [...] The story of a math teacher in NY had fourth grade students who could not give him the answer for 4 times 8. That doesn’t sound like learning quickly. What this does point to is that a good teacher can teach any curriculum, but a bad teacher cannot teach with a bad curriculum. It appears St. Patrick may have good teachers. We don’t really know without reviewing their test scores. We do know that Emmons School District has had no gain in test scores by the admission of their Superintendent. [...] [...] The story of a math teacher in NY had fourth grade students who could not give him the answer for 4 times 8. That doesn’t sound like learning quickly. What this does point to is that a good teacher can teach any curriculum, but a bad teacher cannot teach with a bad curriculum. It appears St. Patrick may have good teachers. We don’t really know without reviewing their test scores. We do know that Emmons School District has had no gain in test scores by the admission of their Superintendent. [...]

]]> http://educationmatters.us/2006/07/08/success-test-scores-not-dropping/comment-page-1/#comment-8177 Education Matters US » LTE: Everyday Math Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:51:23 +0000 http://educationmatters.us/?p=597#comment-8177 [...] My Letter to the Editor about Everyday Math made it into the News-Sun today. It was basically a shortened version of what I had written on here a few days ago about how Antioch’s elementary School District 34 was contemplating switching their math curriculum to Everyday Math. [...] [...] My Letter to the Editor about Everyday Math made it into the News-Sun today. It was basically a shortened version of what I had written on here a few days ago about how Antioch’s elementary School District 34 was contemplating switching their math curriculum to Everyday Math. [...]

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