4th grade math: an update
As with all new projects, uptake is slow but steady. The mailing list traffic looks pretty good for its first month of life; we've got a few people who are working on various math-related activities; there are nibbles of interest.

Pulling all of this interest into a coordinated effort will be a continually ongoing exercise.

The next real milestone, I think, is to really flesh out the Math4 teams. Putting together a few strong teams that consist of at least one developer and one teacher will really help move us forward.

Another important goal for me personally is to ramp up my recruiting efforts -- which means refining the pitch and finding as many opportunities as possible to make the pitch to interested people. There are only so many hours in the day, and I'm pulled in a ton of different directions, but pitching the vision is probably the most important activity I can be engaged in right now. Which means that my time for hacking Mongo is somewhat curtailed. Alas. I suck as a coder anyway. :)

Anyway. There's lots of efforts out there to "help kids" using free software. I sincerely believe that helping to fill out the 4th grade math curriculum is one of the most immediately actionable things we can do as a community. Tell your friends -- especially your teacher friends. Join the fight.