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Weekly Math UpdatesJanuary 23 , 2008 Contents:
Provo School District SHOCKER Just below is a copy of a letter I sent to state school board members Monday night. It contains perhaps some of the best explanations for what happened in Alpine School District several years ago when they implemented Investigations math. I also want to alert you to an error in the letter. Originally I thought it was representatives from the fuzzy math company telling the district how they needed to implement the program but it turns out it was actually Provo district officials. That's even more horrifying that they were the ones telling everyone the only way this program would work. The list below is amazing. ****** Dear State School Board Members and Officials, Thank you for the attention you have given the math education issue in the past. I wanted to bring a couple of things to your attention. First, a mathematics professor attended a meeting held at Westridge Elementary on April 19, 2006 where representatives of "Growing with Mathematics" (GWM) were discussing strategies to implement the program in Provo school district. This program is philosophically very similar to Investigations Math, except it does include the standard algorithms, but introduced in later levels than more traditional programs (and world-class nations) would introduce them. This professor recently shared his notes with me as to things that were said by representatives of the GWM company. This seems extremely similar to what we've seen in ASD where we know at least four schools confiscated textbooks from teachers when the district implemented the Investigations program all at once. Here are his notes and I can only hope you are as stunned and outraged by this as I was.
This is an amazing display of arrogance and ignorance. Unfortunately, point 15 is becoming increasingly true thanks to education colleges churning out constructivist teachers that don't have content knowledge. Constructivist programs like GWM perpetuate upon themselves guaranteeing a steady supply of unqualified math teachers. I am more than amazed that members of the Provo School District and Board could sit through this and not be outraged. I also received this email from a woman at the University of Missouri just last week which may shed light on how these programs have been introduced to our local districts through universities receiving grant money to implement constructivist classroom philosophies.
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