Parents for Quality Math Education
Several years ago, our school district adopted new math programs for use in grades K-8. According to SCASD administrators, this change was made to improve continuity, because previously teachers were... continue reading »
"I saw firsthand how this program does not work for all children. I had to teach my oldest child how to do basic algorithms before taking the PSSA's in 5th grade because conceptualizing was getting him the wrong answers. I like the idea of having children "
"В SCASD resident? No"
"Mathematics is a divine language of abstraction - its beauty can be appreciated when taught formally... it is not discovery through haphazard unstructured trial and error! .. Imagine Joe Pa telling his team go and learn foot ball through investigation ins"
"В SCASD resident? No"
"В SCASD resident? No"
"coming from a school out of district, which does not use this Math, I feel like my children will be behind in their math because what they were taught before they are now saying it's the wrong way. SCASD resident? No"
"В SCASD resident? No"
"The NSF study is a strong indicator that this curriculum is flawed. SCASD resident? No"
"I am not opposed to teaching some conceptual aspects of math, but the kids must be grounded in doing traditional math computations like long division and learning multiplication tables, etc. We cannot rely solely on Investigations/Connected Math curricula"
