Word: letterer
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...open letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, a group of mathematicians and scientists criticized the work done by a panel of experts on behalf of the Department of Education (DOE) endorsing new mathematics curricula for grades...
...letter, published on the Internet and as a full-page advertisement in last Thursday's Washington Post, said these curricula lack mathematical substance and do not teach basic mathematics skills...
Regardless of substance, the letter criticizes the panel for being out of touch with the mathematics and science community...
Glashow said he hopes the letter will encourage the DOE to reconsider and change its endorsements...
...letter also contained performance criteria for DRA's work at UCLA, which Harvard now says the firm failed to meet...