A few Chandler Traditional Academy parents are unhappy with a change in math curriculum at Chandler Unified School District. For two consecutive governing board meetings, parents have spoken up about ...

Arizona Superintendent of Public Education Tom Horne is criticizing Chandler Unified School District for switching from Saxon Math at schools with Chandler Traditional Academy programs. “Kids don’t ...

A retired military man turned math teacher almost singlehandedly started the “math wars” of the 1990s, says Nakonia Hayes. She’s a long-time teacher, former principal, and author of John Saxon’s Story ...

“The new math is focused on exploration, where a question is posed and the student works, typically in a group setting, to figure out how to solve it. The algorithm is learned later, after the ...