Parents in Ridgewood have been vocal regarding TERC Investigations in
two of the six elementary schools since March/April of 2007. The
school administration (Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum?) went
ahead and purchased TERC 2nd edition anyway.

www.vormath.info has alot of information regarding the happenings in
Ridgewood.

www.nychold.com has great information regarding Everyday Math
including the latest success story of the Texas State BOE declining
to approve Everyday Math for funding for third grade.

--- In beyondterc@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Cochran" <wcochran2002@...>
wrote:
>
> Greetings to everyone in the group and Happy New Year(almost). This
> is my first posting to the group and I hope someone can relate to
my
> question. My wife is teaching Everyday Math (fifth grade) for the
> first time this year. The new superintendent implemented this new
> program this summer without the approval of the school board or any
> input from the cirriculum committee. This is after the math program
> in place was starting to show positive test scores. I am a real
> estate appraiser and work with numbers and calculations all day and
I
> have never seen anything this ridiculous. There is a lot of secrecy
> about the acquisition of this new program on behalf of the
> superintendent. THe superintendent was just hired this year and she
> claims she implemented Everyday Math in her previous district prior
> to taking this new job. I have looked their scores up and they have
> fallen since they started to use Everyday Math. Just this last week
> one of the board members who is on the cirriculum committee
attended
> a meeting with the math teachers and the superintendent. This board
> member was told that this was a private meeting and she would have
to
> leave. This was a very uncomfortable position for the teachers and
> the board member. It became so weird, that the superintendent moved
> the meeting to another building and had the principles escort her
in.
> Here is the finale, the superintendent locked the math teachers in
a
> room with her so they could have their Everyday Math meeting.
>
> So here is my question and if anyone in the group doesn't feel
> comfortable answering it, that is fine too. Has anyone felt that
> Everyday Math has been forced upon their respected districts
without
> any prior information or discussions about this math program and do
> they feel there is something questionable about districts
purchasing
> this program. Our district has paid over $100,000 for Everyday Math
> and the budget for 2008 will have to cover $25 for every student in
> the schools that use Everyday Math. Our district is very poor and
> this is going to be a hardship financially for us.
>