I am currently a parent of two children at Los Senderos Open School in Camarillo. My son is in sixth grade, and my daughter is in second. My son has been taught both the Scott Foresman math that the Pleasant Valley School District has as its standard math program and the Everyday Math that is taught at Los Senderos.

In second grade, my son was doing very poorly in math with the Scott Foresman program. He hated the subject, and it was very difficult for him to understand. The Everyday Math program has completely changed his attitude towards math. He has been learning math with the Everyday Math program since third grade. Math is still not his favorite subject, and he is not a straight-A student, but he understands the concepts and gets pleasure from learning math now.