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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Blame the Teachers « PWC Education Reform Blog

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Blame the Teachers

Blame the teachers.  That’s the advice from PWCS for anyone with concerns about the Math program. According to PWCS staff, teachers developed the assessments and have the authority and autonomy to select and use any materials they want in any order no matter what the recommended pacing might suggest.  Teachers can even disavow instructional materials [...]

Blame the Teachers, Part (2)

Blame the teachers.  That’s the advice from PWCS for anyone with concerns about the Math program. During the Math informational presentation at the January 2 2013 school board meeting PWCS staff made a number of statements that I felt deserved a bit more clarification.  This is part (2) of that series. The PWC Math Curriculum [...]