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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday August 10 2019, @01:20AM   Printer-friendly
from the death-by-litigation dept.

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/


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Saturday August 10 2019, @03:11PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday August 10 2019, @03:11PM (#878269) Journal

    All learning is memorization.

    I disagree. When you have a kid, or a group of kids, to whom you have taught some fundamentals - and they go above and beyond what they've been shown, you can't attribute that to memorization. Kids solving complex problems, all on their own, is awe inspiring to watch. If you don't believe it, you should try a couple years in Scouting. When you're doing your job properly, you spend more time staying out of the way than you do teaching. You're only there to make sure they don't hurt themselves, and maybe provide an idea if they've gone wrong.

    "That stream is flooded, we can't cross it like that. But, it's miles to the bridge, either upstream or downstream. What do we do now?" Given a group of ten moderately intelligent boys aged ten to fifteen, you'll probably be across the stream quicker than the same number of adults can decide that the flood is a disaster. HINT: There are multiple solutions, some safer than others. It's YOUR JOB to decide how safe is safe enough.

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