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gregandvicky · 11-27-2007, 10:07 PM

Texas just found 109,000 errors in its new math books.

Magnolia Bloom · 11-27-2007, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by gregandvicky

Texas just found 109,000 errors in its new math books.

Okay, I am finished shaking my head on this one.....UNbelievable!

Jimmy, if there are 25 different math books and 109,000 mistakes evenly distributed among them, how many mistakes does each book have?

UNITE · 11-28-2007, 12:58 AM

WoW! That is really scary and disappointing! Are you really sure? Is that for the entire school? Ya know what I mean? Is it the grade school or junior high or the high school level do you know? Are they the ones who caught it or who, do you know? Is it being corrected? WoW that is just not right. Sorry to hear that. Maybe we should check all of our childrens' school books.

Thanks for the info.

golfgal · 11-28-2007, 04:49 AM

Why is this the school's fault? At least they caught them. The schools don't write the books--blame it on the publisher.

gregandvicky · 11-28-2007, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by golfgal

Why is this the school's fault? At least they caught them. The schools don't write the books--blame it on the publisher.

I dont recall blaming it on the schools.

Read and learn.

Texas math books fraught with errors - Reviewers have found 109,263 errors in sample copies of math...

houstoner · 11-28-2007, 07:36 AM

There was a thread about this in the Texas forum. Follow the link to a more informative article.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/texas...-mistakes.html

golfgal · 11-28-2007, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by gregandvicky

I dont recall blaming it on the schools.

Read and learn.

Texas math books fraught with errors - Reviewers have found 109,263 errors in sample copies of math...

The title of this post implies that it is the school's fault.

sean98125 · 11-28-2007, 03:01 PM

From the article:

"One second-grade math book, for example, has 4 plus 7 equaling 10, the San Antonio Express-News reported Friday.

Many of the errors, spread out over 164 textbooks and online materials, are blamed on faulty translation from English to Spanish. "

4 + 7 = 10 in Spanish?

gregandvicky · 11-28-2007, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by golfgal

The title of this post implies that it is the school's fault.

Shouldn't assume things.

odinloki1 · 11-28-2007, 04:37 PM

Texas is where 2 of our last 3 presidents our from and its also one of the states where Bush got an educational template for NCLB!!!!!!!!

Surprise surprise surprise.