New Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels is promising changes to New York City’s controversial math reforms for middle school and high school students.
The initiative, known as NYC Solves, has faced criticism from educators for assuming kids have mastered skills, leaving some lost and frustrated, while failing to teach several key concepts needed for Regents tests.
Samuels, who taught fifth and sixth-grade math in the Bronx at the beginning of his career, said he wants to ensure students have a grasp of the basics, including multiplication and division, as they engage with the new curriculum…