Hearing Rescheduled for Jan. 26th in High School Math Text Adoption Appeal
A hearing is set for Tuesday,January 26th, at 8:30 AM,
in Room W 842 of the King County Courthouse.
The courthouse is located at 516 3rdAvenue, Seattle. Judge Julie Spector will hear the the appeal of a Seattle School Board vote last May to adopt the Discovering Mathematics high school textbook series. The appellants contend that the school district acted arbitrarily and capriciously by voting 4 to 3 to adopt a type of textbook associated with a widening achievement gap between minority students and white students, and between low-income and other students.
More information and links to legal briefs may be found
at http://seattlemathgroup.blogspot.com/
Here is a discussion of the Lawsuit in the Hacker News.
ReplyDeleteIt centers on Cliff Mass's Blog posting Here.