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isPermaLink="false">http://blog.oaknorton.com/?p=346</guid> <description><![CDATA[This past week I received a couple of troubling emails from parents in Alpine School District. Here&#8217;s the first: Last night my daughter was at a youth activity when a 12 year old girl from her church class mentioned some fun creative writing assignments she was given at the public junior high school in our [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.oaknorton.com/parent-concerns-in-alpine-school-district/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Report Suggests Improvements to ASD Math Program &#8211; ALARMING</title><link>http://blog.oaknorton.com/report-suggests-improvements-to-asd-math-program-alarming/</link> <comments>http://blog.oaknorton.com/report-suggests-improvements-to-asd-math-program-alarming/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:26:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Oak Norton</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Math]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alpine school district]]></category> <category><![CDATA[constructivism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Everyday math]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investigations Math]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teachers]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.oaknorton.com/?p=311</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you assumed this was Alpine School District in Utah, it&#8217;s not, but it&#8217;s the same old story. We&#8217;ve just saved $26,000 by not having the study done.  This news report is about Anchorage School District in Alaska which has jumped into constructivist math with the &#8220;Everyday Math&#8221; program (named thus because it was designed [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.oaknorton.com/report-suggests-improvements-to-asd-math-program-alarming/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>PISA scores and Utah</title><link>http://blog.oaknorton.com/pisa-scores-and-utah/</link> <comments>http://blog.oaknorton.com/pisa-scores-and-utah/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:51:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Oak Norton</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Math]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alpine school district]]></category> <category><![CDATA[constructivism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Goodlad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Singapore math]]></category> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://blog.oaknorton.com/?p=120</guid> <description><![CDATA[The following letter was sent to the Alpine School District School Board on 5/27/09. Dear School Board, Can one of you tell me why our district continues to use Connected Math when the state has declared it is an unacceptable program?  The state office has removed it from their approved program list and yet it [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.oaknorton.com/connected-math-letter-to-alpine-school-district-board/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
