As I mentioned in another post, the minutes from the Board’s committee meetings are being written in a manner that makes it difficult to ferret out information. But what IS useful is when staff comes with a presentation so the entire thing gets uploaded and attached as documentation.
I was looking at the documentation for last week’s Student Services, Curriculum & Instruction meeting, agenda here.
Under “Special Attention Items,” we see K-5 Mathematics. The adopted curriculum is Math in Focus. I’ll cut to the chase but flesh out details below - Math in Focus is NOT being used in any real way in elementaries.
Here are the basics on Math in Focus in SPS (except for the cost but we’ll get to that).
• Math in Focus was adopted in 2014 for a 7-year period.
• The adoption expires in 2020-21 school year.
• In 2014, instructional materials were used nearly exclusively in print CONTINUE READING: Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools - The State of K-5 Math
