Ep 50 - Adopting a textbook is just the start of the journey

Oct 7, 2025

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First we talk about the challenges of being a mathematician parent of a student taking math. We grapple with whether there is a difference between y=4x-3 or y=4x+(-3)? Can a difference in heights be negative? Or is the difference in the heights of two objects always a positive?

Then we talk about the importance of your district selecting a textbook that is closely aligned with the recommendations of the California Mathematics Framework. But selecting the textbook and delivering it to your teachers is just the BEGINNING of the journey. Now we need to support teachers as they implement the textbook and the instructional strategies within.

Join us in this conversation. Email any of the boys directly…

Cole: cosampson@kern.org

Duane: dhabecker@mcoe.org

Scott: mre.teacher@gmail.com

P-2 RESOURCES…

✚ P-2 Conferences coming to an area near youhttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1G8ea6dpe7b1VkrP6r28047WTWjIquLzbAFzYyP-wQ5M/edit?usp=sharing

Textbook Adoption RESOURCES…

✚ A comprehensive list of all submitted textbooks…adopted and NOT adoptedhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WALUohkIpD0RZNlGf1eiaOl2a4-0xJs6gFjk7HyRsNA/edit?usp=sharing

✚ Textbook adoption guidancehttps://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1A49lTbrsjczTr8AmAJXoIbw8kuZZFaAlu_z4yIPT_Jo/edit?usp=sharing

REGISTER FOR OUR CONFERENCES:

✚ CMC North Conference in Monterey, December 5-7, 2025:

https://www.cmcmath.org/asilomar