Did you waste your money buying a house to get access to MCPS?

[Anonymous]

Here is the actual report: https://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/AX5HMA48778D/$file/Curr%20Review%20JHU%20Rpt%20Exec%20Summary.pdf

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Read the comments in the article about it:
http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2018/MCPS-Launches-Effort-To-Find-New-Curriculum-After-Report-Finds-Flaws-in-Existing-Materials/

So MCPS developed their own materials in conjunction with Pearson, and now pays Pearson almost $1mln/year to use the shoddy curriculum they developed? Infuriating.

Also read how the previous superintendent got an all-expenses-paid trip for him and his wife to Australia, paid for by Pearson. Hmm...

The thing that gets me as I read those comments is that parents with advanced degrees can't figure out their children's homework. If they can't figure it out, how do you expect a child from a less advantaged background to figure it out? If their parents are not native English speakers and have only a high school education, how are they going to help their kids. MCPS is failing the children.

Yes, I read it. It was a lot of bad decisions by MCPS and the person who managed this process shouldn't be managing the new curriculum decision. But it's going to change going forward, so posting that MCPS is never going to improve is probably misguided.

So where in the central office do you work?

I don’t work anywhere in education. Just a parent who doesn’t undestand why you’re wasting your breath harping about a bad decision that MCPS has already decided to fix.

You realize that during this "fixing phase" more kids will be guinea pigs, yes?

not sure how many purchased programs will be piloted - But maybe some kids will hit the jackpot by being at THE school where the "chosen" materials were used.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Read the comments in the article about it:
http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2018/MCPS-Launches-Effort-To-Find-New-Curriculum-After-Report-Finds-Flaws-in-Existing-Materials/

So MCPS developed their own materials in conjunction with Pearson, and now pays Pearson almost $1mln/year to use the shoddy curriculum they developed? Infuriating.

Also read how the previous superintendent got an all-expenses-paid trip for him and his wife to Australia, paid for by Pearson. Hmm...

The thing that gets me as I read those comments is that parents with advanced degrees can't figure out their children's homework. If they can't figure it out, how do you expect a child from a less advantaged background to figure it out? If their parents are not native English speakers and have only a high school education, how are they going to help their kids. MCPS is failing the children.

Yes, I read it. It was a lot of bad decisions by MCPS and the person who managed this process shouldn't be managing the new curriculum decision. But it's going to change going forward, so posting that MCPS is never going to improve is probably misguided.

So where in the central office do you work?

I don’t work anywhere in education. Just a parent who doesn’t undestand why you’re wasting your breath harping about a bad decision that MCPS has already decided to fix.

1. Their decision to fix it doesn’t help all the kids who had to endure 2.0.

2. Their decision to keep a curriculum teachers and parents widely said was failing doesn’t give us a lot of faith that they’ll get it right this time.

[Anonymous]

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I INVESTED money in land near downtown Bethesda, which has appreciated and will continue to do so. The schools are good as well!

for how much longer?

I've been in the system for over 20 years as a teacher. born in Mo Co - spent my entire lifetime in this county

Don't depend on Bethesda "holding out" for much longer.

Long enough. My oldest who needs lots of help, has indeed received lots of help from MCPS, for which we are incredibly grateful, and will be out in a few years. My youngest can deal with whatever they throw at her

My son received services early on, but through Infants and Toddlers. So 2.0 wasn't a factor. However, as a rising 4th grader, he was part of the 2.0 roll out. You really don't know the effects until you move into another system, which is happening shortly for us.

So while you say your youngest can deal, I think that's a very sad statement to make about educating your child.

Learning isn't about "dealing." It's about being challenged to master material that will help a person to function in society.

We moved from having total autonomy over guides and instructional practices to having no control over what to present to a classroom of children each learning at a different pace.

Someone mentioned that "ignorance is bliss" with regard to parental awareness. I should be amazed at this lack of awareness, but I'm not, as I do realize that many parents barely touch the surface when conversing with their own children. Superficial discussions at best . . .

how sad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I INVESTED money in land near downtown Bethesda, which has appreciated and will continue to do so. The schools are good as well!

for how much longer?

I've been in the system for over 20 years as a teacher. born in Mo Co - spent my entire lifetime in this county

Don't depend on Bethesda "holding out" for much longer.

Long enough. My oldest who needs lots of help, has indeed received lots of help from MCPS, for which we are incredibly grateful, and will be out in a few years. My youngest can deal with whatever they throw at her

My son received services early on, but through Infants and Toddlers. So 2.0 wasn't a factor. However, as a rising 4th grader, he was part of the 2.0 roll out. You really don't know the effects until you move into another system, which is happening shortly for us.

So while you say your youngest can deal, I think that's a very sad statement to make about educating your child.

Learning isn't about "dealing." It's about being challenged to master material that will help a person to function in society.

We moved from having total autonomy over guides and instructional practices to having no control over what to present to a classroom of children each learning at a different pace.

Someone mentioned that "ignorance is bliss" with regard to parental awareness. I should be amazed at this lack of awareness, but I'm not, as I do realize that many parents barely touch the surface when conversing with their own children. Superficial discussions at best . . .

how sad

Yes, all the parents who are satisfied with the education of their children at MCPS are ignorant. How did you get to be an adult without learning that people have different experiences and perspectives?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I INVESTED money in land near downtown Bethesda, which has appreciated and will continue to do so. The schools are good as well!

for how much longer?

I've been in the system for over 20 years as a teacher. born in Mo Co - spent my entire lifetime in this county

Don't depend on Bethesda "holding out" for much longer.

Long enough. My oldest who needs lots of help, has indeed received lots of help from MCPS, for which we are incredibly grateful, and will be out in a few years. My youngest can deal with whatever they throw at her

My son received services early on, but through Infants and Toddlers. So 2.0 wasn't a factor. However, as a rising 4th grader, he was part of the 2.0 roll out. You really don't know the effects until you move into another system, which is happening shortly for us.

So while you say your youngest can deal, I think that's a very sad statement to make about educating your child.

Learning isn't about "dealing." It's about being challenged to master material that will help a person to function in society.

We moved from having total autonomy over guides and instructional practices to having no control over what to present to a classroom of children each learning at a different pace.

Someone mentioned that "ignorance is bliss" with regard to parental awareness. I should be amazed at this lack of awareness, but I'm not, as I do realize that many parents barely touch the surface when conversing with their own children. Superficial discussions at best . . .

how sad

Well, "dealing" is important to helping a person function in society too. Probably more important than algebra!

[Anonymous]

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This is what terrifies me, as a parent with a young child.

When I read about Curriculum 2.0 on DCUM before my younger child started kindergarten, I thought, "Oh no! My child will languish! My child will be doomed!" However, my child did not languish, and my child was not doomed. Curriculum 2.0 had some good aspects and some bad aspects. I'm not sad to see it go. But really, let's maintain some perspective. The alarmist hyperbole is just that, alarmist hyperbole. I don't know what goal OP and the other hyperbolic alarmists are trying to achieve with it.

The audit is scathing. Have you read it? There is reason for a ton of concern.

PP you're responding to. Seriously, what goal are you trying to achieve by posting all of this alarm on DCUM? Do you think that it will make MCPS adopt a new and better curriculum faster?

Also, I'm not discounting the audit. Please don't discount that I know what I'm talking about when I talk about my child's education.

Do you really think all of this is by me? I am one of many people (and virtually all teachers, according to the audit) upset by curriculum 2.0.

DP... and do you think all the folks who are saying 2.0 wasn't the doom and gloom you are making it out to be are all uneducated rubes who are not engaged in their kids' education? That we are just living in "ignorant bliss"? Again, no one is saying 2.0 is great or that we should keep it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I moved to MOCO to be near the best publics, the best privates, the best country clubs, the most billionaires and the prettiest landscape while being embedded in the DC culture and not across a river from it.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is what terrifies me, as a parent with a young child.

When I read about Curriculum 2.0 on DCUM before my younger child started kindergarten, I thought, "Oh no! My child will languish! My child will be doomed!" However, my child did not languish, and my child was not doomed. Curriculum 2.0 had some good aspects and some bad aspects. I'm not sad to see it go. But really, let's maintain some perspective. The alarmist hyperbole is just that, alarmist hyperbole. I don't know what goal OP and the other hyperbolic alarmists are trying to achieve with it.

The audit is scathing. Have you read it? There is reason for a ton of concern.

PP you're responding to. Seriously, what goal are you trying to achieve by posting all of this alarm on DCUM? Do you think that it will make MCPS adopt a new and better curriculum faster?

Also, I'm not discounting the audit. Please don't discount that I know what I'm talking about when I talk about my child's education.

Do you really think all of this is by me? I am one of many people (and virtually all teachers, according to the audit) upset by curriculum 2.0.

DP... and do you think all the folks who are saying 2.0 wasn't the doom and gloom you are making it out to be are all uneducated rubes who are not engaged in their kids' education? That we are just living in "ignorant bliss"? Again, no one is saying 2.0 is great or that we should keep it.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I moved to MOCO to be near the best publics, the best privates, the best country clubs, the most billionaires and the prettiest landscape while being embedded in the DC culture and not across a river from it.

Being near a few rich people isn’t going to make MCPS any better. The only thing you’re embedded in is your own fantasy that you made a good decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I INVESTED money in land near downtown Bethesda, which has appreciated and will continue to do so. The schools are good as well!

for how much longer?

I've been in the system for over 20 years as a teacher. born in Mo Co - spent my entire lifetime in this county

Don't depend on Bethesda "holding out" for much longer.

Long enough. My oldest who needs lots of help, has indeed received lots of help from MCPS, for which we are incredibly grateful, and will be out in a few years. My youngest can deal with whatever they throw at her

My son received services early on, but through Infants and Toddlers. So 2.0 wasn't a factor. However, as a rising 4th grader, he was part of the 2.0 roll out. You really don't know the effects until you move into another system, which is happening shortly for us.

So while you say your youngest can deal, I think that's a very sad statement to make about educating your child.

Learning isn't about "dealing." It's about being challenged to master material that will help a person to function in society.

We moved from having total autonomy over guides and instructional practices to having no control over what to present to a classroom of children each learning at a different pace.

Someone mentioned that "ignorance is bliss" with regard to parental awareness. I should be amazed at this lack of awareness, but I'm not, as I do realize that many parents barely touch the surface when conversing with their own children. Superficial discussions at best . . .

how sad

Will you pray for me please? If I could be even 1/1000th as awesome a parent as you, it would clearly be a HUGE improvement over my current miserable existence.
Did you have to work really hard to become this super parent? Or did it come naturally to you? Because if it’s the latter, I’m screwed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we get some textbooks?

Move on
I know schools in lots of places don't have textbooks
Kids in Fairfax don't have Them
It is 2018, not 1980

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I moved to MOCO to be near the best publics, the best privates, the best country clubs, the most billionaires and the prettiest landscape while being embedded in the DC culture and not across a river from it.

Being near a few rich people isn’t going to make MCPS any better. The only thing you’re embedded in is your own fantasy that you made a good decision.

Huh? If you don't like the dozen or so excellent public high schools or the absolute handful of geniuses at Blair then you have access to the very finest and iconic privates in the metro area. Additionally MOCO is embedded and entrenched in the nations capital not across a wide river with a few bridges. The neighborhoods are entwined and related. Additionally all the greatest country clubs like Kenwood, Burning Tree , Chevy Chase, Woodmont, Avenel, Congressional, Breton Woods, Bethesda and Columbia are all intertwined with Churchill , Wootton, Whitman, WJ, BCC, QO, Poolesville, Georgetown Prep, Landon, Sidwell,GDS, St John's, Holton, Stone Ridge, Holy Cross, Holy Child, Norwood, and WES. The landscape is much prettier and beautiful with the agricultural preserve and c&o canal. That's why most billionaires pick living there and why smart people do too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, the MCPS boosters have finally come out of the woodwork. Took a few days, but they’re here.

Bwahahah! First post in this thread 03/30/2018 12:59. This comment 03/30/2018 20:49, less than 8 hours later. You spend waaaay too much time on this forum if your sense of time is this off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Read the comments in the article about it:
http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2018/MCPS-Launches-Effort-To-Find-New-Curriculum-After-Report-Finds-Flaws-in-Existing-Materials/

So MCPS developed their own materials in conjunction with Pearson, and now pays Pearson almost $1mln/year to use the shoddy curriculum they developed? Infuriating.

Also read how the previous superintendent got an all-expenses-paid trip for him and his wife to Australia, paid for by Pearson. Hmm...

The thing that gets me as I read those comments is that parents with advanced degrees can't figure out their children's homework. If they can't figure it out, how do you expect a child from a less advantaged background to figure it out? If their parents are not native English speakers and have only a high school education, how are they going to help their kids. MCPS is failing the children.

Yes, I read it. It was a lot of bad decisions by MCPS and the person who managed this process shouldn't be managing the new curriculum decision. But it's going to change going forward, so posting that MCPS is never going to improve is probably misguided.

So where in the central office do you work?

I don’t work anywhere in education. Just a parent who doesn’t undestand why you’re wasting your breath harping about a bad decision that MCPS has already decided to fix.

1. Their decision to fix it doesn’t help all the kids who had to endure 2.0.

2. Their decision to keep a curriculum teachers and parents widely said was failing doesn’t give us a lot of faith that they’ll get it right this time.

Then move
Poof
Your problem is solved
And you can go in large the new complaint about the new place in the new school system that you're in because evidently that is your goal to complain not find solutions just freaking complain