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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: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday August 10 2019, @04:44PM
One lesson taught in school is: school teachers are underpaid, underappreciated, and not always our best and brightest, though they do have a limited authority over their students which must be respected - even when they are just wrong, wrong, WRONG!
More important than learning that 8+4=12 and why, is learning how to deal with people who insist that 8+2 is 10 +2 is 12 - even though that's completely outside anything anybody else has ever told you. Work with them while you must, and recognize that batshit crazy old Irene the math fixture in 4th grade is just that - when you're not dealing with Irene anymore you can forget whatever she said and get back with the real world, but you will meet other Irenes in your life, I guarantee it, and knowing how to handle them gracefully will serve you well.
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