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Math Curriculum Board Meeting Video Clips

The Madison School Board Performance & Achievement Committee met monday night, to discuss "Research-Base Underlying MMSD Mathematics Curriculum & Instruction" Here are some video clips from the meeting:

• Connected Math Presentation, including East High School Math Evaluations
  
  
• Closing Presentation Comments
  
  
• Ruth Robarts asks for math performance data & Juan Jose Lopez supports this request
  
  
• Ruth Robarts & Superintendant Art Rainwater discuss the District's math scores
  
  
• Johnny Winston, Jr. comments on the math curriculum
  
  
• Carol Carstensen comments on the math curriculum presentation
  
  
• Bill Clingan's Comments
  
  
• Bill Key's comments
  
  
• Oliver Kiefer's comments

RFK on School Performance: 1965

Jenny D posts a transcript of RFK's (Robert F. Kennedy) 1965 Senate testimony on school performance:

Some may wonder, why on earth is Jenny D. wasting her time copying down 40-year-old Senate testimony? Because it so closely mirrors the conversations today about No Child Left Behind. NCLB didn't fall out of the sky as some evil Republican plan. It was first hatched, albeit crudely, in 1965 by U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy. I think it's important to know where we came from

Beaver Dam Schools Survey Voters on their Budget

Here's a 2 page pdf copy of a recent Beaver Dam mailing to all residents asking them to participate in a survey on "continuous improvement" of their public school system. Many of the questions relate to budget challenges the district is facing. [264K PDF] Beaver Dam School District Site