Re: More curriculum tinkering in California

[Karen Canty <kscanty@PACBELL.NET>]

Victor,

Unfortunately I'm not sure how much good it will do to address this
particular state board in any fashion...Erwin Morton from our list is a
veteran at trying to get the board to listen to reason - he went to almost
every meeting as they discussed the Math frameworks and it seemed as though
they had their minds made up BEFORE anyone spoke to them...I've been
concerned about Earth Science for a few years...at my kids' high school, the
only kids who took "earth science" were kids who hadn't had much,if any,
science in middle school;  the rest of the students took bio, chem, physics
and AP bio...although the earth science teacher told me that the only
student that he knows from our hs who has a PhD in science has it in Geology
and started in Earth Science in high school....

Erwin can fill you in much better than I can since I only went once to
"testify" about the math standards - and never wanted to go back...the
recommended math standards were supported by 2/3 of the people who came to
speak to the board but they were completely changed by a couple of
professors - and a completely different set was finally approved by the
board...see why we're so frustrated in CA?

Karen


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