The director of curriculum has said that the S.T.E.M audit will be her focus upon returning from her maternity leave in January 2015, then she will move to review our current K-5 math program, and finally she will begin researching whether or not to stay with Everyday Math, or to bring in a new curriculum.
A simple search of the RTSD website turns up this PDF.
I see no mention of mathematics, of anything pertaining to K-5 math. Am I missing something? Do we need the STEM audit in order to implement a math program that teaches children addition, subtraction, multiplication and division?
The National Math Panel Report
Recommendation # 1
Recommendation # 1
The curriculum for grades K-8 should be streamlined. It should follow a coherent progression with emphasis on mastery of key topics, there should be a focus on the critical foundations for algebra, and any approach that continually revisits topics without closure should be avoided.
