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  1. Anonymous

    >I found this very compelling to listen to. Parents of TERC-taught children need to come forward as this brave woman did and tell their story. Thank you for posting this PJ and a big thank you to YouTube for making it possible for all of us to witness what is being said at our board meetings.

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  2. Anonymous

    >I’ve heard so many similar stories, but the parents then say “don’t tell anybody.” They want it to go away.

    But others don’t benefit if the stories are buried. People need to know that what this mother reported is not an uncommon problem.

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  3. Less than enamored

    >The problem remains the same. High achieving students, and students with learning problems are the ones who get what they need from Ridgewood’s school system. Students who are average (and by the way ‘C’ is an average grade) are left to educate themselves. Unfortunately, the ones who are left to educate themselves are usually the ones least likely to do so.

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  4. Anonymous

    >”High achieving students, and students with learning problems are the ones who get what they need from Ridgewood’s school system. “

    I disagree, the high achievers are on their own until the AP classes in the High School. Since there is no gifted programs and the curriculum won’t allow them to go up, they are bored out of their minds.

    The low achievers are confused by the redundancy of reformed math. They don’t like the eight different ways you are taught to add and subtract, they’d like the simplicity of one.

    And yes, the average is ignored also.

    This math program is good for Pearson Publishing only, which makes a nice profit on all those tools you need in the classroom like blocks and beads and paper and glue.

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  5. Anonymous

    >”This math program is good for Pearson Publishing only”

    Are we sure its only good for Pearson Publishing? Are others profitting in some way?

    So pray tell the Ridgewood News, just how much did it cost for TERC two?

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  6. Anonymous

    >”So pray tell the Ridgewood News, just how much did it cost for TERC two?”

    Sad to say we’ll never hear it from the Ridgewood News because their reporter Keith Hamas left the newspaper.

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  7. Anonymous

    >Keith Hamas left the newspaper? What? Give us more info on this. Any word on why?

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  8. Anonymous

    >Go further down PJ’s blog to the heading “Reader” defends Ridgewood News. You’ll probably better understand why Keith left after reading those postings.

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  9. Anonymous

    >This parent was extremely informative (and brave) for telling her personal story about the bad math. She also added an interesting bit of info when she said she hired the teacher to tutor her child.

    That’s extra income for the teacher and an extra expense for the family. It is not just Pearson, then, that is benefiting from this bad math.

    Shame on our board of ed. Shame, shame on them for pretending to “represent” us. Shame on Botsford, too, for putting families through this. Her belief system trumps our children and our pocket books. For this, we pay her?

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  10. Anonymous

    >I think the BOE and all interested parties should read, “Why Gender Matters – What parents and teachers need to know about the emerging science of sex differences” by Leonard Sax, M>D>, Ph.D. Doubleday 2005 ISBN 0-7679-1625-5

    Dr. Sax’s description on how boys and girls learn and How to teach math and literature to both is quite an eyeopener. In the “how to teach math to girls and have them excel” portion of this book you see the TERC model for learning. Unfortunately, this methodology leaves the boys out cold. Boys do not learn math like girls do. Girls, using the cerebral cortex, learn more so by talking in groups and using manipulatives. Boys are more hardwired and intuitive. Using one method over another leaves many children discouraged and, usually, blaming themselves. It’s too bad the BOE seems hellbent on implementing the “girl” version of learning further on its own. Sorry, son!

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  11. Anonymous

    >Yes, we have the anti-white male curriculum…but the girls think it is stupid too.

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  12. Anonymous

    >I have a math and science girl, and she likes the traditional way of teaching and learning just fine, thank you. When she had TERC, she thought it was stupid.

    Gee, what’s wrong with my daughter? Not enough estrogen maybe? I better have her evaluated. Jeez.

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  13. Anonymous

    >Using one method over another leaves many children discouraged and, usually, blaming themselves.

    Even little girls find the TERC method not to their liking.

    Its the TERC not the kids.

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  14. Anonymous

    >More bad news. MSU has procured over $11 million dollars to send their minions out into the schools to reform the educational system in North Jersey. The NSF radicals have funneled more operating cash to the TERC army to eradicate any form of higher education in these parts. Hold on to your hats, hard times are a comin! If you see anything resembling a watermelon, a very huge watermelon, growing on your property or in your cellar, you had better call the CDC. They aren’t watermelons, they’re TERC pods! Why, we had one here the other day. It even had two of those barrettes in its hair. We got it out of here just in time. It was trying to get up to MSU to get one of those Ph.D. things they’re giving away free. They all figure if they get one of those free diplomas that they can act like they’re smarter than everyone else and that no one will know what they are up to. Unfortunately, we know better.

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  15. Anonymous

    >You’ve all got it right, that other poster with the kid whe learned by TERC was saying the people who complain must have stupid kids…but aren’t we trying to reach ALL LEARNERS.

    So if your kid is bored, TERC is not for the gifted.

    If your kid is confused, TERC is not for your stupid kid.

    If your kid gets it with TERC, it’s proof it works for ALL CHILDREN(just not the stupid and gifted.)

    Wait, there’s one more problem if your kid doesn’t get it…it’s the teachers fault, she needs to go to PRISM training to learn to teach math because she’s an idiot.

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  16. Anonymous

    >TERC sucks. Now if only the BOE would WAKE UP!!!

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  17. Anonymous

    >7:16 pm – can you give me the source for the $11 million MSU just recieved. Friends of ours who have a child attending Montclair’s public schools (and presently enjoy traditional math) said that the school district just hosted a dog-n-pony show featuring MSU staff extolling the virtues of reform math.

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  18. Anonymous

    >10:20 AM A news article appeared in Wednesday’s Record entitled “4M in grants benefit teachers of math, science.”

    Go on line to northjersey.com, click on The Record and read about it.

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  19. Anonymous

    >As always: follow the money…even to our district BOE and administrators. When decisions appear foolish for every possible reason (such as implementing TERC), it usually is not foolish for those making the money off of it.

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  20. Anonymous

    >10:20 here – I found this about MSU funding. More to follow . . .

    https://www.montclair.edu/Publications/News/NewsRelease0507sciencemath.html

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  21. Anonymous

    >Follow the money…don’t forget Pearson Publishing.

    Pearson sells a manupulative kit for a TERC 3rd grade class for $431.50(that’s the balls, blocks, paperclips, etc.) A student workbook(not textbook) is $15.00.

    There’s more stuff you can buy…TERC2 Price List – Grade 3 Student Materials
    ISBN-10: 0328259411 †  Core Curriculum Package $250.00            
    ISBN-10: 0328237442 †  Curriculum Unit 1: Trading Stickers, Combining Coins       $30.00
    ISBN-10: 0328237450 †  Curriculum Unit 2: Surveys and Line Plots            $30.00
    ISBN-10: 0328237469 †  Curriculum Unit 3: Collections and Travel Stories  $30.00
    ISBN-10: 0328237477 †  Curriculum Unit 4: Perimeter, Angles, and Area    $30.00
    ISBN-10: 0328237485 †  Curriculum Unit 5: Equal Groups $30.00
    ISBN-10: 0328237493 †  Curriculum Unit 6: Stories, Tables, and Graphs     $30.00
    ISBN-10: 0328237507 †  Curriculum Unit 7: Finding Fair Shares     $30.00
    ISBN-10: 0328237515 †  Curriculum Unit 8: How Many Hundreds? How Many Miles?           $30.00
    ISBN-10: 0328237523 †  Curriculum Unit 9: Solids and Boxes        $30.00
    ISBN-10: 032824919X     Implementing Investigations in Grade 3    $25.00
    ISBN-10: 0328240834 †  Resources Binder (with Masters and Transparencies)        $75.00

    For the same amount(actually less) you can get these items from Houghton-Mifflin.

    Math Teacher’s Edition, Level 3   $228.00
    Math Student Book, Level 3
    (TEXTBOOK)
    $54
    Math Practice Books, Level 3
    WORKBOOK)
    $7.98

    The Dwight Englewood School uses Houghton-Mifflin. I understand that’s a pretty fancy private school.

    Aren’t we fancy here in Ridgewood?

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  22. Anonymous

    >It may be a pretty fancy private school but do their kids have higher order thinking skills?

    According to the TERC prophets and reform followers (see other comment section), the answer would be no.

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  23. Anonymous

    >Having watched this video, I often wonder if the teacher this parent is refering to is embarrassed at all…

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