Originally Posted by aeh
Actually, there is a major USA textbook publisher backing a version of SM. HMH publishes Math in Focus, which hews pretty closely to the SM method.

That reminds me, I think what happened in Seattle was rather interesting:

http://kuow.org/post/surprise-move-seattle-schools-approve-singapore-math

http://www.kplu.org/post/seattle-sc...ce-new-math-textbooks-makes-its-own-pick

Some interesting comments at the end of the 2nd link.

I haven't seen either of the program but MiF seems rather expensive. I can see why cost was a concern.