RACE TO THE TOP AND K-12 MATHEMATICS EDUCATION:A Letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan

http://www-users.math.umd.edu/~jnd/RTTTPublicLetter.html

Introduction

If a first grade teacher read at the fifth grade level, we'd be outraged. But what if she had only third or fourth grade mathematics skills and lacked the conceptual understanding needed for teaching mathematics? Unfortunately, this is the reality for all too many licensed K – 8 teachers in this country. According to a recent report by the National Council on Teacher Quality, the current training that prospective K-8 teachers receive in the vast majority of this country's education schools assures that this appalling situation will continue unchanged.

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Note: This letter was posted, in August, 2009, to the RACE TO THE TOP comments section of the federal government website;