A Petition Directed to the State of Utah

We ask the state of Utah to adopt and implement the California Mathematics Standards for our public schools. We agree with the Fordham Foundation report on state mathematics standards that gave Utah's current standards a D rating while giving California an A. We agree with the foundation's assessment, "California’s standards are excellent in every respect. The language is crystal clear, important topics are given priority, and key connections between different skills and tasks are explicitly addressed. Computational skills, problem-solving, and mathematical reasoning are unambiguously supported and integrated throughout." We want our Utah children to master the mathematics they need to compete favorably with the best students of other states and nations. Setting good standards is an important step toward achieving that goal. Please adopt and implement the California Mathematics Standards for our public schools.

The opinions expressed are those of the individual signers. They do not claim to represent positions of the institutions with which they are affiliated.

Kathy Andrist, Department of Mathematics, Utah Valley State College
Merritt B. Andrus, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University
Peter B. Armentrout, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
Alexander Balk, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah
Eberhard Bamberg, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah
Stacy Morris Bamberg, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah
William Barrett, Department of Computer Science, Brigham Young University
Michael H. Bartl, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
Jason Behrstock, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah
LeRoy B. Beasley, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University
Aaron Bertram, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah
Martin Berzins, School of Computing, University of Utah
Mladen Bestvina, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah
Marc Bodson, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Utah
Richard B. Brown, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and School of Computing, University of Utah
Brett Borup, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brigham Young University
Benjamin C. Bromley, Department of Physics, University of Utah
Jim Cannon, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Steven L. Castle, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University
Jasbir Chahal, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Sum Chow, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Mark Clement, Department of Computer Science, Brigham Young University
Bruce Collings, Department of Statistics, Brigham Young University
David J. Comer, Deptartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University
Neil Cotter, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Utah
Peter Crawley, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
John Dallon, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Robert C. Davis, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University
David V. Dearden, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University
Carleton DeTar, Department of Physics, University of Utah
Michael Dorff, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Eric G. Eddings, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Utah
David W. Embley, Department of Computer Science, Brigham Young University
Alexei L. Efros, Department of Physics, University of Utah
Parris K. Egbert, Department of Computer Science, Brigham Young University
Richard D. Ernst, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Utah
Tommaso de Fernex, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah
Lawrence Fearnley, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Mark Fels, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University
Matthew Flatt, School of Computing, University of Utah
Steven A. Fleming, Deparmtment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University
Thomas H. Fletcher, Department of Chemical Engineering, Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center, Brigham Young University
Richard L. Frost, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University
Cynthia Furse, Center of Excellence for Smart Sensors, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah
Om P. Gandhi, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah
Jordan Gerton, Department of Physics, University of Utah
Scott Glasgow, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Paolo Gondolo, Department of Physics, University of Utah
Michael A. Goodrich, Department of Computer Science, Brigham Young University
Chris Grant, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Mary Jo Hansen, Department of Mathematics, Weber State University
Roger Harrison, Deparmtment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University
Ian R. Harvey, Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah
William Hecker, Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University
Hsiang-Ping Huang, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah
Jeff Humpherys, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University; Community Council, Rock Canyon Elementary
Steve Humphries, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Chris M. Ireland, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah
Tyler Jarvis, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University; Community Council, Rock Canyon Elementary
Chris Johnson, School of Computing, University of Utah
Matthew R. Jones, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University
Kent Kidman, Department of Mathematics, Weber State University
David Kieda, Department of Physics, University of Utah
Mike Kirby, School of Computing, University of Utah
Joe Koebbe, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University
Yuan-Pin Lee, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah
Xian-Jin Li, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Lance Littlejohn, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University
Fritz Luty, Department of Physics, University of Utah
Ken Kuttler, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Irene Langkilde-Geary, Department of Computer Science, Brigham Young University
Kening Lu, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Rob MacLeod, Department of Bioengineering and Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah
Jules Magda, Chemical Engineering/Materials Science & Engineering, University of Utah
Mark L. Manwaring, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University
John N. Matthews, Department of Physics and High Energy Astrophysics Institute, University of Utah
Charles L. Mayne, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
Steve McKay, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Steve Merrin, Department of Mathematics, Utah Valley State College
Meredith Metzger, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah
Dragan Milicic, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah
Mark S. Miller, Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, University of Utah
Richard Miller, Department of Mathematics, Weber State University
Bryan S. Morse, Department of Computer Science, Brigham Young University
Miguel Mostafa, Department of Physics, University of Utah
Chris Myers, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah
J. Bart Nelson, Department of Mathematics, Snow College
Jennifer B. Nielson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University
Frederic Noo, Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research, University of Utah
William Ohlsen, Department of Physicis, University of Utah
Dan R. Olsen Jr., Department of Computer Science, Brigham Young University
Travis Oliphant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University
Anita Orendt, Center for High Performance Computing, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
Tiancheng Ouyang, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
G. S. Owens, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
Konstantin Pokhodnya, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
Dale Poulter, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
Diane Pugmire, Department of Mathematics, Weber State University
Jon Rainier, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
Lawrence D. Reaveley, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah
C. Shane Reese, Department of Statistics, Brigham Young University
John Regehr, School of Computing, University of Utah
Marcia Riddle, Department of Mathematics, Snow College
Terry A. Ring, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Utah
Richard L. Rowley, Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University
Cynthia Ruchti, Department of Developmental Mathematics, Utah Valley State College
Gil Shamir, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Utah
Peter Shirley, School of Computing, University of Utah
Randall B. Shirts, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University
Ray Sievers, Department of Mathematics, Utah Valley State College
Geoffrey D. Silcox, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Utah
Claudio Silva, School of Computing, University of Utah
Jack Simons, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
Anurag K. Singh, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah
Konrad Slind, School of Computing, University of Utah
William Smith, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Oleg Starykh, Department of Physics, University of Utah
T.H. Steele, Department of Mathematics, Weber State University
Richard Steiner, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
Frank Stenger, School of Computing, University of Utah
Eric Swenson, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Paul Talaga, Department of Mathematics, Weber State University
Craig Taylor, Department of Physics, University of Utah
Tolga Tasdizen, School of Computing, University of Utah
Robert H. Todd, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University
Dennis Tolley, Department of Statistics, Brigham Young University
R. Steven Turley, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University
Machiel van Frankenhuijsen, Department of Mathematics, Utah Valley State College
Michael A. van Opstall, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah
Heidi R. Vollmer-Snarr, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University
Vianey Villamizar, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Karl Warnick, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University
Dariusz Wilczynski, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University
Zhi-Qiang Wang, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University
Dean R. Wheeler, Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University
Ross Whitaker, School of Computing, University of Utah
H. S. White, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
Clayton Williams, Department of Physics, University of Utah
Phillip J. Windley, Department of Computer Science, Brigham Young University
Michael J. Wirthlin, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University
Brian Woodfield, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University
John Worlock, Department of Physics, University of Utah
David Wright, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Daniel Zappala, Department of Computer Science, Brigham Young University
Larry Zeng, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Utah