Do you care about math?
Do you care about public schools serving the interests of all its students (not just the mostly white, English-speaking, middle and upper-middle classes)?
Then take a look at what has been going on in Seattle:
The appellants contend that the school district acted arbitrarily and capriciously by voting 4 to 3 to adopt a type of textbook associated with a widening achievement gap between minority students and white students, and between low-income and other students.
The three plaintiffs are the mother of an African American 9th grader, a retired math teacher whose grandchild is a 5th grader, and a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington.
...there was an ample accumulation of evidence that the “reform” math curricula favored by the district had helped to drive down WASL achievement scores, especially for English language learners and other minorities.
The group is asking for donations to help defray the cost of the lawsuit. If you are grateful (as I am) for having been provided a free public education that allowed you to balance a checkbook, pursue a career in math or science, understand statistics, or just appreciate the beauty in numbers, then please give so that others may have the same opportunities:
Send a check to Seattle Math Group,
c/o Martha Mclaren
7020 18th Ave. SW, J22
Seattle, WA 98106
Donate directly to the Seattle Math Group Account at any branch of Washington Federal Savings and Loan
Donate via email, through Paypal, to mmcl@pugetridge.net; donations will be transferred directly to the Seattle Math Group account.
Thank you!
Then take a look at what has been going on in Seattle:
The appellants contend that the school district acted arbitrarily and capriciously by voting 4 to 3 to adopt a type of textbook associated with a widening achievement gap between minority students and white students, and between low-income and other students.
The three plaintiffs are the mother of an African American 9th grader, a retired math teacher whose grandchild is a 5th grader, and a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington.
...there was an ample accumulation of evidence that the “reform” math curricula favored by the district had helped to drive down WASL achievement scores, especially for English language learners and other minorities.
The group is asking for donations to help defray the cost of the lawsuit. If you are grateful (as I am) for having been provided a free public education that allowed you to balance a checkbook, pursue a career in math or science, understand statistics, or just appreciate the beauty in numbers, then please give so that others may have the same opportunities:
Send a check to Seattle Math Group,
c/o Martha Mclaren
7020 18th Ave. SW, J22
Seattle, WA 98106
Donate directly to the Seattle Math Group Account at any branch of Washington Federal Savings and Loan
Donate via email, through Paypal, to mmcl@pugetridge.net; donations will be transferred directly to the Seattle Math Group account.
Thank you!