A Group of Teachers Has Just Met at the Local

A group of teachers has just met at the local coffee shop following their department's faculty meeting. The faculty in the math department is concerned about students' recent performance on the math portion of the state's mandated achievement test. Over coffee, the teachers start to pose possible avenues to pursue to enhance their math instruction. Which of the following suggestions might not be an effective strategy?

A) Establish a Web page on their school's Web site that offers suggestions for supporting students' learning in math.
B) Examine the budget to explore the possibility of updating computers and providing enough calculators for each student in each classroom.
C) Hold a family night to communicate to parents about math instruction and how parents might aid mathematical learning in the home.
D) Cut out the recent budget to include innovative math programs that will distract the focus of instruction from basic math skills.