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A parent whose child goes to a high school in the Wake County Public School System has been sued after criticizing the math curriculum used in the district.
Utah-based "Mathematics Vision Project" or "MVP," filed a lawsuit against Blain Dillard, whose son attends Green Hope High in Cary.
Dillard has been vocal about his opposition to the MVP curriculum, which is student-driven and focuses on group work, posting on his website, blog and social media.
The lawsuit obtained by ABC11 said, "In or around March 2019, Dillard commenced a crusade against MVP, claiming that MVP is ineffective and has harmed many students."
It alleges that some of Dillard's statements were false and defamatory and harmed the company financially.
https://abc11.com/education/wake-schools-parent-sued-after-criticizing-math-curriculum/5430840/
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 10 2019, @02:26PM
Group work isn't the problem, the way in which the group work is being assigned is the issue. I remember when I was a kid, the group work was more or less like that, you'd have a group doing the same problem and then comparing answers later on. It's deeply problematic and really just served to get the teacher out of having to do any work that day.
However, when done properly, group work really helps students to see the work from different perspectives and to take ownership of it. Really, group work in math should be more like group projects where each student has a role in the process and they come together to negotiate a solution to the problem. And no, it shouldn't be every day. There are other things like think pair and share that can be used more regularly.