The use of calculators is encouraged. Practice and drill have been eliminated. In higher grades algebra is de-emphasized. Many of the programs have no textbooks. Plans are set to expand implementation into more schools.
Answers are critical at a time when graduation requires students pass a new math Regents exam.
Six parents in Plano,Texas have filed suit in federal court against their local school district after parent requests for an alternative to CMP were denied. The use of TERC in one school system in Massachusetts prompted members of the Harvard Mathematics Department to issue a public protest. Parents in Reading Massachusetts fought the adoption of Everyday Math. During the public session the Board will hear comment on District 2's K-12 math programs. Distinguished faculty of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University and concerned parents plan to speak.