Fear and Loathing in Education

My Administration class is now called Las Vegas because everything that goes on in that class, stays in that class. So I try to keep my name free of this Blog to save my face. This is Vegas.
My made a post a couple weeks ago talking about math standards in my state being on the transformation. Somebody took that as a hit agains the materials we use at our school and kept going, including a YouTube video called something along the lines Math instruction, an inconvenient truth, or something to that effect. I then posted a link to the University of Chicago with evidence that the series does indeed work for children. That research validates success if kids are instructed well.
A school board member then cut and pasted the postings and sent this to my principal. This cut and paste included the YouTube video.

My principal then responded to me saying

I just read your posting to ___(left out for my sake). That's an interesting perspective, one
which I hope doesn't undermine your ardor in teaching your students to
multiply fluently. The new standards are not yet adopted, and texts are not
yet reviewed by the state. In the mean time, we'll have to teach our hearts
out to help students both understand and apply mathematical principles.

I read this email when I returned from paternity leave and I nearly ran to her office to see what she meant. To which she replied
"That posting was very negative and the YouTube link shines a very negative light on what we do in our school.

All I could do was deny the allagations and ask her to check the posting. Her reply was I checked once and I checked twice.

Now we are talking about a first year principal who is trying to build trust in her building. I have no idea why she would not check her facts before making judgments about what was said. Something I have learned in regards to being a principal one of them being, checking facts. Trust is a terrible thing to lose with even one teacher. I feel as though I have not been respected in this event and I feel that our principal does not know me. If she did know me she would know that I am a very staunch supporter of Everyday Math and that I do not wear my feelings on my shirt, so it takes a great deal for me to question an email that has been sent to me.