No Everyday Math for the Beaverton School District

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We, the undersigned residents of the Beaverton, Oregon, School District, request that the Beaverton School Board reject the purchase of Everyday Mathematics for use as its core elementary mathematics curriculum.

It is the opinion of many district residents that now is not the proper time for such a large budget expenditure. In a year or two, when the budget situation is more favorable, the district may once again examine the curricula options and choose.

It is the opinion of many district residents that the criteria matrix used by the Math Cadre and the Math Project Team to evaluate possible mathemtics programs was biased in favor of programs with a specific pedagogical approach, rather than programs with the best mathemataics content. The district should evaluate and select mathematics programs based on a focused, coherent progression of fully-developed mathematics topics, and allow individual teachers to decide which pedagogical approach is appropriate for their individual students.

It is the opinion of many district residents that Everyday Mathematics is not the best choice for the districts sole elementary mathemtics curriculum under any budgetary circumstances. Some of the concerns are as follows:
* Its spiraling method of content presentation is no longer considered a best practice;
* It presents too many math topics each year, and in too little depth;
* Its emphasis on discovery-method teaching style is unbalanced and not well-suited to the educational needs of many students;
* It does not provide students the opportunity to achieve computational fluency, despite the fact that unbiased experts have explicitly emphasized the necessity of computational fluency in order to achieve conceptual understanding;
* It promotes students inappropriate calculator dependence;
* It leaves many students inadequately prepared for higher mathematics in later years.

For one, or more, of the above reasons, we request that the Beaverton School Board reject the purchase of Everyday Mathematics.

446 Signatures

  • Kristin Parks
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
  • Mary Taylor
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Findley
    • Additional comments?
    • EDM does not match what parents requested in the Math Forum Summary Nov '07 (please re-read pages 8, 10). We gave our input, now please listen and do not vote for EDM but instead choose Singapore Math or another program that closely matches what the community has already requested. Thank you.
  • Karyn Servin
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Terra Linda
    • Additional comments?
    • К
  • Noga Collins
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Terra Linda
  • Michael D Collins
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Terra Linda
  • Scott Duffens
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Bonny Slope
  • Vanessa Fraczek
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Cedar Mill
    • Additional comments?
    • I strongly oppose the adoption of Everyday Math
  • Holly Severson
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Bonny Slope
  • Kim Veenhuis
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Cedar Mill Elementary
  • Mary O'Keeffe
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
  • Jacqueline R. Fortune
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Hazeldale Elementary
  • Sujata Bhatt
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Jacob Wismer Elementary
    • Additional comments?
    • Would like to see the Singapore Math in the BSD
  • Michael A. Mihalik
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Aloha HS
    • Additional comments?
    • live in district; not attending due to problems
  • Cynthia Thompson
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Bonny Slope
    • Additional comments?
    • Need to look at other programs, no calculators!
  • Carol Jarka
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Terra Linda, Cedar Park, Sunset
  • Sushil Nema
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Jacob Wismer
  • Seema Nema
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Jacob Wismer
  • Lynda Vinson
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Ridgewood
  • Victoria & Matthew Dillon
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Bonny Slope
    • Additional comments?
    • No calculators in elemetary school!
  • Carol Huckaby
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Beaver Acres
  • Pamela Winklesky
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Terra Linda
    • Additional comments?
    • Math skills are as vital as reading skills. I don't see the same emphasis being put on it though.
  • David J Barry
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Nancy Ryles
    • Additional comments?
    • I have moved my children to private school because of the math program.
  • Bobbi Barry
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Southridge High School/Nancry Ryles Elementary
  • Sharon Atkins Reich
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Sexton Mountain, Highland Park, Southridge
  • Tim Parks
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Oak Hills
    • Additional comments?
    • Do not adopt EM, ever. I support Singapore. Or keep Investig., offer Singapore also, and let parents choose.
  • thomas r fortune jr
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Sexton Mtn
    • Additional comments?
    • Please listen to the community. Those us that really use math for a living, know that a more traditional approach works.
  • Kevin Fraczek
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Cedar Mill
    • Additional comments?
    • Aside from it being an inadequate program, makes sense to get the budget in order prior to putting more funding into any new programs.
  • Rajesh Sinha
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
  • Nalini Agarwal
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Findley
  • Bruce Morgan
  • Vivek Ajjarapu
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Findley
  • Anne Bryan
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Oak Hills
  • Sharon Baartmans
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Findley Elementary
  • Meenakshi Gupta
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Jacob Wismer
    • Additional comments?
    • Recommend Singapore Math
  • Sharad Garg
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
  • Mrudula
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Jacob Wismer Elementary
  • Mona Parikh
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Findley Elementary
  • Jeanne Hansen
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Stoller/Sunset/Summa
  • Mallika Kapoor
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Findley
  • Mahesh Wagh
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Findley
  • Mitu Aggarwal
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Terra Linda Elem
  • Anjana Sahay
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
  • Gina Calderwood
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Terra Linda
  • Naveen Bohra
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Findley Elementary
  • Monique Ishac
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
  • Rashmi Nath
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Findley
  • Erica Dickson
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Additional comments?
    • How can we prepare our children for the future if they do not understand the basic principle of math? I like that a cashier knows how to count back change...
  • Heather Lowell
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
  • Amit Kumar
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Findley Elementry
  • Chandru Narayan
    • Do you have a student in the Beaverton SD?
    • No
    • Which is your neighborhood school?
    • Beaverton High school