Monday, February 25, 2013
The board unanimously voted to renew Everyday Math for grades K-6.
The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education unanimously approved renewing the Everyday Math curriculum at the Feb. 21 meeting. Prior to Thursday's meeting the board discussed renewing the program at previous meetings and also following a presentation by the Mathematics Supervisor at the Feb. 14 meeting. At the Feb. 14 meeting, Mathematics Supervisor John Veninger made a presentation on the successes of the Everyday Math program and encouraged the board to renew the program to the 2012 version. Many of the board members found Veninger’s presentation informative and helpful and they seemed to agree that renewing the program would be in the best interest of the children. Veninger informed the board that last year’s goal of the mathematics …
Thursday, February 21, 2013
The following items will be discussed at Thursday evening's Board of Education meeting.
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Thursday, February 21
The following information was provided by the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education. SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD BOARD OF EDUCATION Regular Public Meeting February 21, 2013 7:30 p.m. Executive Session / 8:00 p.m. Public Session CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: p.m Regular Public Meeting Agenda February 21, 2013 BOARD PRESIDENT’S ANNOUNCEMENT: The New Jersey Open Public Meeting Law was enacted to insure the right of the public to have advance notice of and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interests is discussed or acted upon. In accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education has caused notice of this meeting to be published by having the date, time and place …
Mathematics Supervisor John Veninger of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood school district urged the board to renew the Everyday Math program as early as possible.
At the Feb. 14 Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education meeting, Mathematics Supervisor John Veninger made a presentation on the successes of the Everyday Math program and encouraged the board to renew the program to the 2012 version. Many of the board members found Veninger’s presentation informative and helpful and they seemed to agree that renewing the program would be in the best interest of the children. The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education will be voting on the renewal of the Everyday Math program at the Feb. 21 meeting. Veninger informed the board that last year’s goal of the mathematics department was to align the programs with the content standards of the common core standards put forth by the state. Now that the programs…
Thursday, February 14, 2013
The board will discuss renewing the Everyday Math program, as well as the 2013-2014 district budget on Feb. 14.
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Thursday, February 14
The following information was provided by the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education. SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD BOARD OF EDUCATION Open Agenda Meeting February 14, 2013 7:30 p.m. Executive Session / 8:00 p.m. Public Session Open Meeting Agenda February 14, 2013 BOARD PRESIDENT’S ANNOUNCEMENT: The New Jersey Open Public Meeting Law was enacted to insure the right of the public to have advance notice of and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interests is discussed or acted upon. In accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Scotch Plains- Fanwood Board of Education has caused notice of this meeting to be published by having the date, time and place thereof posted at the Board of Education …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Michael Lewis of Fanwood is hoping the Board of Ed will not "rush judgement" on updating the Math Curriculum with a new version of "Everyday Math."
(Letter to the Editor) To the Scotch Plains - Fanwood Board of Education: I am writing today in an attempt to forestall a "rush to judgment" on the merits of updating a Math Curriculum based on "Everyday Math". My personal disdain for the program is no secret. I have no doubt that is is both easier and less expensive to implement an update as to install a completely new program. Moreover, I have come to the conclusion that there is actually a certain amount of parental support for "Everyday Math". Finally, by all appearances our students are testing in a satisfactory manner. It is precisely because of these factors that the accompanying report by the Bridgewater-Raritan School District is so interesting. If one reads the first …
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Board members discussed the Curriculum Committees proposal to renew Everyday Math as the Jan. 17 meeting. Also discussed was replacing exterior doors for security.
During a meeting of the Curriculum Committee, math supervisor John Veninger and math teacher Charlene Hall discussed the program Everyday Math and whether the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education should replace or renew it. Vice President of the Board of Education, Nancy Bauer announced at the Jan. 17 Board meeting that Veninger pointed out that many of the Everyday Math materials are from 2001 and 2004 and it has become increasingly difficult to replace journals, workbooks, etc. Bauer said she was impressed by the amount of time Veninger and Hall put into researching different math programs and they ultimately suggested to renew the Everyday Math program. “We’ve had very good math scores with this program,” Bauer said. After …
Michael Lewis
10:52 am on Monday, February 25, 2013
Be assured I am not fighting yesterday's war but did want to take a moment to reply. In Parochial School (moons ago!) I know this was done for reading but for the life of me I cannot recall if it was done in Math. Without implying any criticism whatsoever, it should be noted (and it did come up both in the Board discussion AND in some of the material I read online) that elementary school teachers… more ›