Poor children, who can succeed in math as well as anyone else, are often further disadvantaged because they re offered less rigorous material. They all learn high-level math. Those countries are home to higher poverty rates than the U.S. and demonstrate that there is no excuse for leaving children mathematically challenged. Ask for research proving its effectiveness. Every day is not too much.
Some schools send home lessons that are brand new and expect parents to recall third grade math.
Homework should be review and practice. When you have a full picture of the program, the approach and the assessment your school uses, do some independent research and comparison. View California s standards on Mathematics on-line, find other resources on the Center for Education Reform's Standards and Curriculum Page , and c heck out the other great material on the websites listed in the resource box to the left.