Comments on: Technology Alliance: Stick with math & science requirements http://www.educationvoters.org/2009/11/29/technology-alliance-stick-with-math-science-requirements/ Leaders for quality public education from cradle to career Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:00:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wayne Stewart http://www.educationvoters.org/2009/11/29/technology-alliance-stick-with-math-science-requirements/#comment-119 Wayne Stewart Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:20:31 +0000 http://www.educationvoters.org/?p=4974#comment-119 Math is critical to stukdent success. This is not just a Washington State problem but a national problem. It is not just a problem with getting students to not only pass, but understand basic Algebra. To accomplish this, we must instill age appropriate math concepts all the way back to early elementary school. We really must get back to math basics and not limit what they can do in life simply because we cannot crack the teaching and retention of basic mathematics concepts. I have been told that as many as fifty percent of students who want to teach elementary school are unable to make it through the math requirements at EWU. What a shame. Math is critical to stukdent success. This is not just a Washington State problem but a national problem. It is not just a problem with getting students to not only pass, but understand basic Algebra. To accomplish this, we must instill age appropriate math concepts all the way back to early elementary school.

We really must get back to math basics and not limit what they can do in life simply because we cannot crack the teaching and retention of basic mathematics concepts.

I have been told that as many as fifty percent of students who want to teach elementary school are unable to make it through the math requirements at EWU. What a shame.

]]> By: Paul Wiggum http://www.educationvoters.org/2009/11/29/technology-alliance-stick-with-math-science-requirements/#comment-118 Paul Wiggum Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:11:52 +0000 http://www.educationvoters.org/?p=4974#comment-118 Susannah, I couldn't agree more - how did this guy get lected State Supt. - first, they can the WASL now this? And, people wonder why Boeing is building a final assly plant in North Carolina! Susannah,

I couldn’t agree more – how did this guy get lected State Supt. – first, they can the WASL now this? And, people wonder why Boeing is building a final assly plant in North Carolina!

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