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Dear Seattle School Directors,

Probably a time for thinking not just waiting as this nation is rapidly running out of time and dollars.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=WS_QENuOYL8


What is the SPS still waiting for in regard to competent Math decision making?

How long are we waiting?

Given the Following from Ms Fedio:

Now that the National Math Report is available and it clearly advises avoiding Everyday Math, what are the plans for k-5?

We have not changed our plans for K-5.

Now that the National Math Panel has a clear focus on Authentic Algebra; what is the district's math plan? The SPS put a system in place without a focus on Authentic Algebra --> EM, CMP2, IMP or Core-Plus are 180 degrees opposite the NAMP recommendations.

The high school math adoption is not completed. We have moved the timeline and plan to adopt new high school materials for the 2009-2010 school year.


WHEN THE WAITING IS OVER WHAT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN?

Will it just be a continuation of the pathetic decisions of the last two years, brought to us by the same decision makers?

Any chance of ever paying any attention to School Board Policies D44 & D45?


Sincerely,

Dan Dempsey

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The Principal in Payson Arizona gets it.
Will we ever understand and act?

http://www.paysonroundup.com/section/localnews/story/33841
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