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...
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Feb 2, 2007 4:07 am
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change(d) your child's school if math was your only frustration with the school? I have a decision to make and I am really torn as to what to do. The...
Wendy, I think you should stay. Here's why: the biggest problem with TERC is that it disallowed teachers from teaching how they know best. Since your district...
Wendy, I, too, think you should stay, and my reason is that your 5th grader is faithfully doing your extra math at home. I am in almost exactly the same...
... an 8 ... in to ... with ... +++++++++ I am not sure if I am replying in the right spot but am trying to respond to the "which states you all live in"...
Sorry for the typos. I'll try this again. So let's see. I've rebelled against my school district and pioneered a campaign to encourage parents to afterschool....
Linda, that was an excellent post! You wrote: "In my view, my son has already found his way. Why should I keep trying to show him other ways? That reminds me...
An interesting way of rebellion might be to co-opt some people in either the professional development unit of the school system or a regional college that does...
"The point is kids' capacity to solve problems and understand the nature of ... really not ... You would think so. I think most of us as parents begin by...
You are probably right about vouchers in districts that remain so pig headed - there is a point of parental engagement they owe their students, if nothing...
Wow Joe, I could not disagree with you more. If my kids are not being exposed to at least potentially stimulating or useful information during their time at...
... wrote: Incidentally, NEVER presume kids are wasting their time. If nothing else they are learning what they do NOT want and do NOT want to remember. ... ...
Well said, Colleen. I have to add a little more too. Joe, I have to disagree with you about how kids learn. If we are not concerned with academics, then yes,...
WOW...a fellow Twin Citian(is that even a word?) Hmm....I'm a little curious as to how close you might live to me but I'm also a little Internet paranoid and...
My third grader daughter came home with her regular math homework yesterday. Most days her assignment is to do 2-4 of these worksheets (only a half sheet)...
Wow, Wendy, you managed to write a story that's both exciting and depressing at the same time. It really shows what our kids are not getting, and the fallacy...
I started to write something about my other feelings but was being beckoned by a very loud 2-year old wanting out of his crib so I deleted and left the post as...
The school choices in Minnesota are amazing; but they can stress a parent out as you try to weigh all the factors! One thing I learned is that you have to ask...
... Yes, I've had those feelings, big time--when I had my kids at a Waldorf school, which left them way behind their peers academically. But that's another...
Most elementary and middle school teachers have no say so in what the administration decides to do. If you speak out , your job is threatened. I have seen it...
... <whoovercarpentier@...> wrote: Has any other parent had these feelings? ... You bet. In fact, one of the most powerful books I've ever read was Three...
They are math "magazines," kind of like the Scholastic News magazines that I remember getting in school as a kid (I LOVED them). But these have oodles of...
I have been reduced to tears in the last few months with the same feelings. In September,my 7th grader couldn't do anything with fractions, didn't know what to...
Stephanie¹s account of using Singapore Math to remediate is extremely encouraging. I¹m at my wit¹s end with all of this. I¹ve been trying to use Saxon Math...
