>Reader says,"This blog is great because ….

>This blog is great because it demonstrates that given an issue a provided a forum the citizens of Ridgewood can be expected to present arguments, consider each other’s point of view, and educate each other about the topic of discussion (which seems to be math a lot of the time on this blog). What is really sad is that our Board did not consider other points of view, did not have a discussion, and did not do any research on the math issues in our town before the changes were made- what is troubling is the consistent lack of oversight by that body which is supposed to be performing the function of this blog (idea collection, research, debate, critical analysis, benchmarking). Whether or not everyone on this blog agrees which math program is best at least you are having a debate about the issue, whch is better than our Board of Ed which doesn’t bother itself with meaningful debate.