Hal Young’s blog on the latest report AND reversal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics? recommendations regarding math instruction is good news to those of us who knew memorizing multiplication tables were important. How long will it take to reach the classrooms of students already behind from the constructionist method of teaching? Wonder if the General Assembly will have to pass legislation before the Department of Public Instruction will incorporate these new recommendations into the Standard Course of Study?  
Remember reading? It took the General Assembly passing GS 115C-81.2 – Comprehensive plan for Reading Achievement –  for standards to include phonics. Even though DPI incorporated phonics in the Standard Course of Study, the schools of education continue to lag behind teaching future teachers this method. 
Let?s see what happens to math.