How quickly can MCPS fix the curriculum nightmare?

[Anonymous]

hahahhahaha. google it. hhahahhahaha.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a parent who has posted on this forum for years. Regardless of what MCPS was doing - pre 2.0 and during 2.0 - we have always bought textbooks for Math, Science and Foreign language for all the grades for all my kids, I am surprised that people did not do that, Mcgraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin, pearson, prentice hall, glencoe. There are textbooks galore. Pick one, any one textbook and teach that to your kid.

My parents didn't do that for my sister and me in the 90s, and they definitely valued education. I don't remember having any academic supplementation at all. We definitely did extracurriculars (music, mostly, for us, just based on our interests), but no textbook work outside of school.

Have things changed so drastically that this is now a given?

I don't know anybody who does this.

For the life of me I don’t understand the obsession with text books. It seems parents want them as a crutch so they can help their kids, but if that is the case why don’t they just google the issue.

Ahh yes because Dr. Google knows best.

Elementary school students don’t need to be dependent on a technological device to do their schoolwork. There’s plenty of time for that. Just use books already.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS teacher here, looks like we are going back to textbooks. I've already started getting textbooks from my staff development teacher to begin looking at before the summer hits.

Praise Jesus!
How does this all impact kids currently taking algebra? Will geometry next year be 2.0? A new curriculum?

Wait, what??? Middle school. And high school kids did not have textbooks. WTF?? I have a junior in private and a 5th in public. I had no idea. Textbooks are a must. What do they do right now?

[Anonymous]

Please tell me elementary school kids can get math workbooks instead of the ten million single piece copies of incorrect worded homework

Please Jesus. I can not take it anymore!

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Anonymous wrote:If you think privates schools don't integrate technology into the classroom you are oblivious. In a well-known private school in this area, the students use iPads for everything. iPads go back and forth from home to school. I'm hesitant to name the school though.

Yes we did tours and sat in classes of privates too. very impressed with the class discussions and how the teacher was able to get each kid to raise hands, contribute to the discussion (Let's talk about things with the number 5). Sally would talk about her hand, Sam would talk about # of weekdays, etc.
Also noted that math, english and reading are 50 minute times slots, alongside a designated science small group class, social studies, 'Choice time', PE most days, 1-2 recesses, Art most days, Music/dance most days.

Yep!

Also, let me put it this way: In my private HS, the only "technology" they have in English and history classrooms is a large, round table the kids sit around to facilitate discussion. Technology is used in science classes and some art classes (for design and things like that), but otherwise, the classes look about as they did 100 years ago.

I have a high schooler in private and this is pretty accurate. They have laptops but use them sparingly. Textbooks are used more. In lower school, there was hardly anything. Middle school, they used iPads but still mainly textbooks.

Their classes are harkness (and graded per participation and knowledge) reverse styleclassroom occasionally, discussio- based, project-based, and lecture-based. All depends on the day and where they are in the curriculum. Either way, they have average of 14 kids in class. She actually only has one class over 14 this year and that is English with 16.

The other HUGE perk is no cell phones. None, Nada. They have a 10min window after lunch, outside of the dining hall to use them.

[Anonymous]

Wow, just stumbled on this thread. I am so glad we moved both of our kids out of MCPS before this debacle happened. Our reasons for moving had nothing to do with the academics at MCPS--in fact when we moved them, everything was fine. My DS, who attended MCPS through MS, was well prepared for his rigorous private high school experience and scored very high on the admission testing. Sad that things have fallen apart at MCPS. I feel badly for all my neighbor's children who will suffer. I guess those tuition checks are worth every penny!

[Anonymous]

This is why we need textbooks:

http://www.businessinsider.com/students-learning-education-print-textbooks-screens-study-2017-10

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, just stumbled on this thread. I am so glad we moved both of our kids out of MCPS before this debacle happened. Our reasons for moving had nothing to do with the academics at MCPS--in fact when we moved them, everything was fine. My DS, who attended MCPS through MS, was well prepared for his rigorous private high school experience and scored verIt y high on the admission testing. Sad that things have fallen apart at MCPS. I feel badly for all my neighbor's children who will suffer. I guess those tuition checks are worth every penny!

Its still fine...everywhere but here. Didn't say fabulous but totally fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, just stumbled on this thread. I am so glad we moved both of our kids out of MCPS before this debacle happened. Our reasons for moving had nothing to do with the academics at MCPS--in fact when we moved them, everything was fine. My DS, who attended MCPS through MS, was well prepared for his rigorous private high school experience and scored verIt y high on the admission testing. Sad that things have fallen apart at MCPS. I feel badly for all my neighbor's children who will suffer. I guess those tuition checks are worth every penny!

Its still fine...everywhere but here. Didn't say fabulous but totally fine.

You have low standards

[Anonymous]

how quickly?

As quickly as they want. which seems to be S L O W, 3 years or so. Enjoy!

[Anonymous]

I just want to know. when they roll out the new curriculum, do they mean only K and 6th grade student? how about current student already being taught using 2.0? Will they be switched too?

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Anonymous wrote:I just want to know. when they roll out the new curriculum, do they mean only K and 6th grade student? how about current student already being taught using 2.0? Will they be switched too?

I believe it will be by school, and the entire school will be switched. This website explains everything available about the curriculum rollout right now: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/curriculum-review.aspx

The timeline for implementation is under the FAQs. All schools will be getting the new science curriculum this fall. The Math and ELA curricula will be rolled out incrementally, with the goal of every ES and MS having the new curriculum for the 2020-2021 school year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:how quickly?

As quickly as they want. which seems to be S L O W, 3 years or so. Enjoy!

Do you know the saying, "Fast, good, or cheap - pick two."?

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Anonymous wrote:how quickly?(

As quickly as they want. which seems to be S L O W, 3 years or so. Enjoy!

Do you know the saying, "Fast, good, or cheap - pick two."?

Right..we have already slammed MCPS for rolling out 2.0 too quickly. Now (for a change of pace) we need to complain about a slow roll out for 3.0.

[Anonymous]

FWIW, Johns Hopkins suggested in the audit that MCPS roll out the new curriculum incrementally. I suppose you could take your argument to them, but they are education experts who presumably know what they're talking about.