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[quote=SAM2]Out of curiosity, I just searched for old news articles on math curricula.  Seems there's not much new here.  Sort of depressing that people are having the same discussions now that our parents and grandparents were having 50 years ago.

Expert Unhappy with Way New Math is Being Taught (1966)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DLBeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gy8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3417,3370758&dq=math+curriculum&hl=en

"The American public is being sold a bill of goods in many of the new math and science programs being produced for schools." (1965)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g8hTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rTgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3545,1623138&dq=math+curriculum&hl=en

Problems in US math education include "'confused' and pooly trained teachers, often saddled with a math curriculum 'remarkably like the 1890 model.'" (1956)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0nRPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wgQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2401,2139184&dq=math+curriculum&hl=en

The three main problems of facing math students today are "boredom, poor instruction, and an outdated curriculum." (1963)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-HEuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yn8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2660,1268547&dq=math+curriculum&hl=en

"The report suggested the term 'new math' should be abandoned ... parents and educators 'use the term new math only as a historical label for ...  developments that took place in school mathematics between 1965 and 1975.'" (1975)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8-9LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7201,788822&dq=math+curriculum&hl=en

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