We are not alone!

Many parents, educators, and top mathematics professors across the country are concerned about the new constructivist math, or reformed math, used in schools and are advocating a more traditional approach.

Here is a partial list of websites with excellent resources:

TERC Hands-On Math: The Truth is in the Details
An Analysis of The First Edition of TERC’s Investigations
“… The NSF is now spending millions to promote implementation of the TERC program. School Boards find it difficult to say no. …”

Where’s The Math?
Parents & Educators for a World-Class Math Education For Washington State Students.
has great curriculum reviews, videos and many articles on the math wars.

Mathematically Correct
a wealth of information on how the so-called reform movement came to be , the NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) standards and how California moved away from Fuzzy Math and its State Board of Education adopted new standards that are ranked as number one by the Fordham Foundation.

illinoisloop.org
another wealth of information on Fuzzy Math
Three great articles found on there:

• “Here are two excellent short articles that provide a terrific introduction to understanding the issues of math instruction. They are written by Paul Clopton (one of the co-founders of Mathematically Correct), and are from the August 2001 issue of Parent Power, a publication of the Center for Education Reform:”
  Is This Math Fuzzy?
  Understanding Your Child’s Mathematics Education

• “Highly recommended!
  An A-Maze-ing Approach to Math by Barry Garelick, Education Next, Spring 2005. This is a definitive review on fuzzy math, written by Barry Garelick, an analyst with a federal agency in Washington. He digs solidly into fuzzy math’s roots in the depths of constructivism, and the educrat politics (and money!) behind its encroachment on our schools. If you’re involving in a math battle, get this article to help your cause.”

• “2+2=5: Fuzzy Math Invades Wisconsin Schools (PDF file) by Leah Vukmir. This article is highly recommended, both for those new to the issue and those who have been battling for years. It provides a thorough and passionate review of what the math controversy is all about. (Note: Although the title refers to Wisconsin, the material covered would be useful nationwide.) When written, the author was the organizer of an extremely effective group of parents and teachers woprking for academic reform. She went on to become a visiting fellow with the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, and she is now a State Representative.”

Math Education: An Inconvenient Truth

If you want to know what your children will learn or, rather, what they won’t learn with TERC math, watch this video.

Fuzzy math: A nationwide epidemic

Interesting article about “fuzzy math” or “new new math”, i.e. constructivist math such as TERC and Everyday Math.

by Michelle Malkin