Sales of Curriculum 2.0

[Anonymous]

When I went to school, it was much more on your own. The second grade class across the hall did very different work from my class. I don't mean like different topics but one teacher might choose a group project for a topic and another might lecture. Different worksheets etc. We did have a math book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I went to school, it was much more on your own. The second grade class across the hall did very different work from my class. I don't mean like different topics but one teacher might choose a group project for a topic and another might lecture. Different worksheets etc. We did have a math book.

I'm all for teachers having the autonomy to create their own lesson plans, rearrange topics, whatever. Yes, this does mean there would be different results in different classrooms, but that's kind of the point of having a teacher in front of the class and not a video screen. They bring their unique set of skills to the class. But that's beside the point. With math 2.0 there are no textbooks and there aren't enough materials to teach the classes. It's one thing at the 2nd grade level, I can see how people might not find it alarming that teachers have to generate those worksheets. But this is at all levels. Algebra is now being taught without a textbook. As far as I can tell the only materials are giant packets provided by the curriculum office and a list of links to online lessons which may or may not sync with the curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So teachers are not supposed to plan lessons anymore? Wow..things have changed from when I went to school.

Of course teachers are supposed to plan lessons. But things certainly have changed. When you went to school -- assuming you are an adult -- you and your teachers probably had text books and other resources that matched the curriculum being taught. That is no longer the case. This poses two problems. One, teachers have to fill in the gaping holes in Curriculum 2.0. Two, the materials gathered will differ from school to school and perhaps from teacher to teacher within a school. Certainly, teachers should have some flexibility so that they can reach all of the kids in their classroom. But this so-called curriculum lacks so much it's as if every teacher in the county is creating their own. Creating an entire curriculum and gathering the resources needed to implement it is considerably different from simple lesson planning.

Completely agree, pre internet, teachers wouldhave books to use as a basis for lectures and problems to assign. You would get old tests back to study for the final.

If you are going to go digital, for God's sake be prepared! I resent my children being used as live testers and their education has been compromised.

This new curriculum is change for the sake of change, it is horrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Completely agree, pre internet, teachers wouldhave books to use as a basis for lectures and problems to assign. You would get old tests back to study for the final.

If you are going to go digital, for God's sake be prepared! I resent my children being used as live testers and their education has been compromised.

This new curriculum is change for the sake of change, it is horrible.

I think the new curriculum is to align with common core standards, not just change for the sake or change. But, I agree, MCPS didn't do a very good job of rolling the new curriculum out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Completely agree, pre internet, teachers wouldhave books to use as a basis for lectures and problems to assign. You would get old tests back to study for the final.

If you are going to go digital, for God's sake be prepared! I resent my children being used as live testers and their education has been compromised.

This new curriculum is change for the sake of change, it is horrible.

I think the new curriculum is to align with common core standards, not just change for the sake or change. But, I agree, MCPS didn't do a very good job of rolling the new curriculum out.

Who's to say all of common core isn't change for the sake of change? Regardless, MCPS seems to have botched it and they're circling the wagons with PR.

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