Talk Out of School podcast: NYC new math curriculum & the Common Core standards
Leonie and guests, Bobson Wong and Tom Loveless discuss issues with the new mandated math curriculum in NYC public schools.
EPISODE SUMMARY
Leonie interviews Tom Loveless, education researcher and author of and the author of “Between the State and the Schoolhouse: Understanding the Failure of Common Core” and Bobson Wong, NYC math teacher and the author of several books, including "The Math Teacher's Toolbox," about the problems with the Common Core, Ed Reports and the implementation of NYC's new math curriculum, Illustrative Math.
EPISODE NOTES
List of 216 schools whose initial budgets are cut compared to last year’s initial budgets - https://onedrive.live.com/edit?id=BE64F542247E68E7!76061&resid=BE64F542247E68E7!76061&ithint=file,xlsx&authkey=!APxYIxA0MIKmTCg&wdo=2&cid=be64f542247e68e7&link_id=1&can_id=e162a5e988b2cf9c89a105c454340eee&
DOE revises online guidance to require parent consent in response to our legal appeal https://classsizematters.org/in-response-to-our-legal-appeal-doe-will-now-require-parent-consent-before-assigning-students-to-online-classes/
Daily News, NYC public schools revise remote learning policy after advocates ask state to intervene https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/07/05/nyc-public-schools-revise-remote-learning-policy-after-advocates-ask-state-to-intervene/?share=thwawgnhevfaoywnencr
Tom Loveless, Why Common Core failed, Brookings Institute, March 18, 2021 https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-common-core-failed/
NYC’s new algebra curriculum mandate divides educators https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2023/11/10/high-school-algebra-curriculum-mandate-divides-teachers/
Chalkbeat, Math instruction overhaul: NYC unveils new curriculum mandate for middle and high schools https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/06/24/nyc-schools-to-mandate-standardized-math-curriculum/
The 74, NYC Bets New, Uniform High School Math Curriculum Will Boost Student Test Scores https://www.the74million.org/article/nyc-bets-new-uniform-high-school-math-curriculum-will-boost-student-test-scores/
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