Today, I met with State Board of Education Representative, David Bradley. He agreed that our concerns are real and valid. He also invited me to make a presentation to the Committee on Instruction in Austin on Thursday, November 20 at 9am in the Travis Building.
He invited you to come too. He said any parent or educator who had concerns about these new Math TEKS could stand up for their children by attending the committee meeting in Austin on November 20th.
You may support by simply attending to help demonstrate the number of people who have concerns or you may request to make a public comment. Click on this link to register for a public testimony. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=25769818745
If you just cannot make it to Austin, but you want to do something, e-mail me a statement that expresses the impact the new math TEKS are having in your home or in your classroom. I will compile the concerns and present them in written form to the committee. My e-mail address is aliphil413@hotmail.com. Your e-mails do not have to contain scholarly rhetoric or researched statistics, they just need to express the effect these new expectations in math are having on your child.
If you want to do something to help your child who is struggling in math this year, please consider making the trip to Austin. You really could make a difference.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead
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If you want to make a public testimony, you can visit the link above and you will see a place to click on to fill out a form. I talked to someone at the SBOE today, and she said the forms must be turned in between 8am Friday, November 14 and 5pm Monday, November 17. You can save the form to your computer and submit it to them between that time frame to receive a 3 minute testimony to support my presentation.
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