The news media provided only light coverage of the Prince William County School Board’s February 10th work session on Math Investigations, but that was to be expected. InsideNova.com provided a short article. Here is their description of the topic.
The board held a work session Tuesday night to discuss allowing parents who are dissatisfied with the Math Investigations textbook to move their children to a classroom that uses a traditional math textbook.
During the work session School Board Chairman Milton Johns presented his proposal of how that option could work.
Under the proposal, which Johns said he wrote with input from other board members, parents of rising first- through fifth-graders would have to request by April 30 that their children be taught with a traditional math textbook.
In any grade level where there are enough interested students to make up an “economically feasible” traditional math class, one would be formed.
If there aren’t enough students in that grade level at that school for a traditional math class, parents would have the option to transfer their kids to another school, if they provide their own transportation. (from here)
What is more likely to spark interest is the fact the School Board has put the topic the February 18th meeting agenda (see item 22 here).
The PWC Education Reform Blog exists to argue the case for traditional math and favors math choice. These parent/bloggers provide their take on the meeting here.
