tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post8272014481238027660..comments2024-02-16T06:29:33.587-08:00Comments on Welcome to " The Math UnderGround " -- Seattle & Washington State: From Sudhakardan dempseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post-8374166916830149022009-03-12T07:00:00.000-07:002009-03-12T07:00:00.000-07:00Potomac village...Arne believes in structural chan...Potomac village...Arne believes in structural change. Arne won't address the curriculum, because its his state that produces most of the math reform manure. It don't mean a thing! We've had six years of Bush whacked-out carpentry - and presto, classroom 101. With the depression will come willfully, blind ignorance. Standards my eye, Arne is blow hole asking for money - who is going to pay for his advice - taxpayers and they will get nothing in return except more talk. <BR/><BR/>How do you remove ineffective teachers when the entire system is ineffective? Where do you start? Teachers have to recognize the students of today are not the same students who attended 30 years ago. <BR/><BR/>Teachers have to teach everyone - not just the top 10%. Who is more effective? A young teacher in five classes with 40 kids each and none hardly want to be there because they've failed so many classes that they might never see graduation. Or an AP History teacher who sees less than 80 kids per day and everyone is on track to enroll in university. NCLB redirects funds to the AP classes because these are the best teachers? Fine, lets count how many dropouts one happens to meet on the streets these days.<BR/><BR/>I have a suggestion - lets do a reality check and start by throwing out the asinine textbooks. Arne is making himself look like an asse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com