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Originally Posted by tvp2003
According to this article in the Herald, it is failing. Also, this particular elementary school (Royal Oak) is apparently bringing in a consultant (which requires fundraising to the tune of $20k per year) but it is still an issue.
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-...algary-parents |
I know all the people mentioned in that article. It's basically all 100% BS.
1) Kelly's child struggles with math in general. She was tutored at Renert, which is even MORE "new math"-y than anything the Alberta curriculum has (watch his YT videos. He's extremely progressive). I did recently talk to them about her struggles and they mentioned that she is doing better now. Also it should be mentioned that that child actually wasn't at ROE last year. So um...
2) Torres... Christ almighty. Their child did GREAT at ROE. Yeah, he's an obese brat that spews crap like "girls are awful at everything!" but let's focus on his math. He did GREAT at math! His dad was so upset though that they took him out of the school and placed him at... Renert. Great research there doofus! Surprise mother####er!
ROE did very well in the last grade 3 Alberta tests. But before anybody brags about this teaching method or that let's all realize that school test results are mostly correlated with the socio-economic status of its students.
Galileo is used at MANY schools. It is used for ALL subjects, not just math. It was a valuable resource for all the teachers. It is NOT just a "consultant" - it's a whole set of resources that the children and teachers use.
Also the fundraising was VOTED on by the people that bothered to show up for that school council meeting, so whatever.
Christ the Calgary Herald sucks balls these days.