Adams Family History Adams, Armbrust, Bahns, Bartunek, Catlett, Christopherson, Dent, Dulane... Book

Soon after I began teaching, the education world became aflutter with standards. At first, NCTM took ownership of mathematical standards. It sounds reasonable given mathematics teachers are the ones working with the children who are learning. Twenty years later, standards are being written by groups tied to governors. We seem to be going in the wrong direction.

There's a lot of good information here that helped craft my approach to teaching mathematics. Unfortunately, it is not presented particularly well The layout of the book is not user-friendly. For a mathematics text, one expects a more straightforward approach. At least I do.

As I have said throughout my career, one plus one still equals two. Why we continue to re-invent the wheel with reorganizing this information is lost upon me. Of course, I am merely a classroom teacher; it is not like I have anything to offer.