ABSTRACT
Les Allais School District had been performing poorly on standardized math tests. Donald Quixote, the Superintendant of Les Allais, proposed to the school board a new mathematics curriculum for the six area high schools with 12,000 students. All 100 teachers were to be trained over the summer with the launch of the new curriculum in the fall. He predicted a signi‚cant impact within 18 months. After 2 years, there had been very modest gains. Dr. Quixote blamed the slow progress on the teachers he claimed had not fully embraced the new approach.
