EDM Controversy in Conejo Valley District: Contributes to Enrollment Decline

The following is history of the EM controversy in the Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD):

CVUSD has been suffering declining enrollment since the unsuccessful parent revolt against EM in May of 2005 when a few parents united in an effort to get the school board to provide for a choice of math programs.
CVUSD lost 500 [...]

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You do the Math: if you can’t solve using these EDM methods…

…then please write to your PAUSD  Board Members now to please ask them to not vote to adopt “Every Day Math” for your child’s math education.
YOU DO THE MATH!

From the NYCHOLD (“Honest Open Logical Decisions on Mathematics Education Reform”) Website (http://nychold.com/em-arith.html):
These are the various EDM methods your child will use to do Addition and [...]

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Open Letter from Stanford Professor to Board

This is an Open Letter sent from Stanford Professor (Department of Mathematics), Gunnar Carlsson.  It is being republished here with his permission.
You can download the letter below (PDF File) or view it below (slightly unclear version):
Carlsson-Letter (.pdf file)

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Experiences of other disctricts with EDM

 Dear School Board Members:
Many districts have abandoned the EDM after using it for a number of years.  Here are some examples that we discovered:
 

Notes from St Joseph’s School in Menlo Park re Everyday Math ( based on a telephone call last week with the Menlo Park  curriculum director)
St. Josephs recently decided to drop EDM after [...]

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PAUSD Math Committee Minutes-Textbook Poll

The following are some stated facts which are part of the Minutes of the Math Committee Meetings (October 2008)
It is clear here that there was some reservation about the text selection by some teachers.  Also, it appears that additional texts were to be piloted, which did not get the opportunity to be shared in this [...]

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