Praises from parents and educators alike are being heard of a popular math curriculum named Big Ideas. After much deliberation, a committee of parents and teachers from the town of New Fairfield compared the likes of five separate programs before recommending Big Ideas to the school board in February. Two months after the program was approved, the district started training some of its educators in the new curriculum and initiated its use in the middle school.
Math curriculum Big Ideas has parents and students impressed.
Of its many merits, many focused in on the convenience of the online textbooks with video tutorials, as well as the flash cards, and work sheets. These added resources facilitate both the educators and the parents in order to facilitate a better learning environment for the children. One parent can be quoted as saying “I seriously with our other kid had this!”. Additional help as well as access to tutors through the Big Ideas office is heralded as a significant improvement over the older curriculum the district previously used.
The Marches were among more than 80 people attending an informational session to hear more about the new math program, Big Ideas, which replaces a previous program that many parents had criticized as ineffective.
Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert
Key takeaways
- Many parents have noticed that the math their kids are doing is a bit different than the math they were raised on.
- Parents were very impressed by new online educational resources available.
- The parents’ enthusiasm confirmed the faculties’ suspicion that the new online resources would be a hit.
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