Antioch Approves Everyday Math
Antioch District 34 approves Everday Math unanimously. According to the report excerpted below nobody spoke for or against the program before the board voted. Once again, this demonstrates how the apathy of parents and community members allows educrats to remain unaccountable in the decisions they make. By the time parents of these kindergartners realize the truth, the damage to their children will have already been done.
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Beginning next year, students in Antioch District 34 will be taught mathematics using a system that is vastly different from how their parents and older siblings were taught. It is called Everyday Mathematics and it focuses on critical thinking and problem solving rather than just basic arithmetic. The new curriculum was unanimously approved Tuesday, about one month after the school board was first introduced to the program. “I’ve had bad experiences with Everyday Mathematics, but the presentation we saw earlier made me feel very comfortable,” |
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Check out what others are saying about this post...[...] Kevin Killion of the Illinois Loop alerted me to about how the National Council of Teachers is encouraging teachers to start teaching the basics in math. I wish this would have happened before the Antioch District 34 chose to start using Everyday Math. [...]