Parents, many of whom are befuddled by the new teaching method, expressed concern that their children would not learn math concepts. They also complained that the district did little to explain the new program to them. If you have something good, you put it our there. According to the paper, Nuen removed her son from two Hawaiian algebra classes he unknowingly had enrolled in at school. Mount Vernon High school officials decided to offer fewer Hawaiian math courses and, instead, blended the approach into traditional math classes, reports the paper.
Parents still are concerned.
The same term may have very different meanings when used to define a goal and when used to describe something measured by assessment. Becton hired a former Capitol Hill staff person to oversee charter school activities, and Robert Childs, a newly elected Board of Education member, was named chairman of the committee that approves charter schools. The new team is in the midst of reviewing the city's five charter school applications that already were approved by the former school board, writes the paper. We're moving as quickly on this as we possible can. We want them to open, but we have to make sure that it's done correctly.