I loved your post. Here's my reply: This may make you laugh or it may make you cry, but I've been watching our school system for a long time. And I have...
... afterschooling. ... value ... Ouch. That hurts. I had been hoping as he moved up in grades (maybe second, which was where we started getting split into...
Hi members of the Beyond TERC message board. This board is broadly defined to include those who are coping with TERC math, those who are afterschooling, those...
beyondterc@yahoogroup...
Nov 2, 2006 1:08 am
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... wrote: Did the school system learn nothing from The Incredibles? :) ... LOL! Every teacher and administrator should see that movie. You are absolutely...
... <samuel.gardner@...> wrote: should I approach her with these concerns? ... Sure. Individual teachers are what redeems a school. Some teachers don't allow...
... <samuel.gardner@...> wrote: Ouch. That hurts. ... I looked back at my post, and it did sound awfully cynical and negative. Sorry about that. In fact, I...
... This is EXACTLY what TERC should be doing, if they're serious about understanding the concepts. The trick behind the 9x's for example, is well known, but...
The PCT president spoke last week to the Board of Education in Plainview-Old Bethpage school district on Long Island New York. Parents there are up in arms...
Math instruction today places much more emphasis on profound understanding of math than it once did. I think that's good. One of my kids is now getting CMP2 in...
My younger child will be starting K next year. I didn't intervene with math until second grade with my older child when I discovered that they did not teach...
... with ... they ... these ... I would go with teaching what you think your child is ready for and play it by ear. My wife and I were somewhat lucky -- being...
... with ... they ... these ... I like TERC for the younger grades, and I'm hoping that as TERC changes or goes away, some of it remains for k-2. But after...
Want to know what it's really like for a busy family to teach Singapore Math at home? Find out the happy answer by reading my blog. I document my progress so...
Here's the latest weapons of math destruction <http://www.weaponsofmathdestruction.com/wmd.cfm?comicID=39> cartoon -- meant to give us all a chuckle. Linda...
The country of Singapore is unveiling a web site <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/241911/1\ /.html> for Singapore Math...
Some thoughts from a mathematician <http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_4685168> on why US kids show lower scores, but higher confidence, in math, than kids in...
Next time you give to United Way, check out who they give their funds to: http://www.terc.edu/aboutus/funders.html from NYCHold...
Cristina Neuman
kcmneuman@...
Nov 25, 2006 10:51 pm
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... funds ... I see that Bill and Melinda Gates give to TERC too. The fact that this company has such robust support means that they're not going to go away....
/"And when they do, let's not all be waiting on the edge of our seats for an apology. LOL. Our kids are very much experiments in the giant laboratory we call...
Cristina Neuman
kcmneuman@...
Nov 26, 2006 1:50 pm
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How were you able to administer the Terra Nova test to your daughter? Or did you school administer it? Catherine Johnson...
Right at the start of 6th grade in 2006, she took the Terra Nova test, but the scores took until the day after Thanksgiving to be mailed home. That was...
Our schools in Irvington no longer give any norm-referenced standardized tests at all. (They may do so in grades K-3; they don¹t later.) This year has been a...
... You can check with the Home School Legal Defense Association: http://www.hslda.org/highschool/testing.asp <http://www.hslda.org/highschool/testing.asp> ...
Hi petitocean  If you¹d like to email me off-list I¹ll be happy to fill you in on what I know. (This is an open invitation, btw; anyone who¹s interested ...
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