Aim low, avoid disappointment
"Helping children learn the basic facts is an important goal in the Everyday Mathematics Curriculum. Most children should have developed an automatic recall of the basic addition and subtraction facts by the end of the second grade. They should also know most of their 1, 2, 5, and 10 multiplication facts by this time. By the end of the fourth grade most students should have an automatic recall of all the basic multiplication facts and be familiar with the basic division facts. Multiplication and division facts are reinforced at the beginning of fifth grade.[emphasis mine]Anchorage uses Everyday Math. This is what I have to look forward to... most (not all) children having automatic recall by the end of 4th grade (not 3rd grade).
I fully intend to start a parental revolution like that happening in Ridgewood, NJ, Washington state, and New York.
Plan of attack:
1. Start website
2. Letters to editor
3. Raise issue at PTA
4. Raise issue with school board
I know, I know, I promised to stay out of education reform, but it looks like so much fun.
