40% of math curriculum was skipped this year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedfiles/curriculum/Elementary-Math-2020-2021-Compressed-Omitted-Content.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0eHyH5KHOKoG-epN7Hf4iTjdKX0rw0X16eJ1LW647AwdTSZaMeddKIm8Q “Most standards have been introduced but not taught at the level expected by the standard”. “Summer learning will begin to address content that have been compressed or omitted”. How will summer learning address content for students not in summer school or seniors who graduated?

This is what equity looks like folks. I hope you are all starting to see it now. This drastic reduction in education wasn't done for UMC kids. Yet they were held back to the same low standard as everyone else in MPCS. Equity = failure.

Whoever taught you vocabulary failed you.
We’re in a pandemic and affluent parents in MCPS whined about how much work their children had to do at home.

What?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the elementary level, the things omitted parents could easily teach their kids. The woman they had on the news was whining that her first grader wouldn’t know the value of pennies, dimes, nickels, etc. we are in a global pandemic. Would it kill parents to teach their kids some of these basic life lessons on their own? (I say this as a parent)

I’m fine teaching my kids and filling in the gaps. We have been doing that for years.

But how do you think that will affect the Achievement/Opportunity Gap?

If the material is not being taught IN school, what happens to the kids whose parents choose not to fill in the missing lessons? They just get left further behind. Which is not good for MCPS optics.

I’ve taught every grade in k-5. The omitted material is all material we end up reviewing the next year anyway. This was done strategically. No one is going to be left behind. As for the MS and HS level, I have no idea. The elementary kids will be okay. This isn’t the crisis some people are making it out to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the elementary level, the things omitted parents could easily teach their kids. The woman they had on the news was whining that her first grader wouldn’t know the value of pennies, dimes, nickels, etc. we are in a global pandemic. Would it kill parents to teach their kids some of these basic life lessons on their own? (I say this as a parent)

I’m fine teaching my kids and filling in the gaps. We have been doing that for years.

But how do you think that will affect the Achievement/Opportunity Gap?

If the material is not being taught IN school, what happens to the kids whose parents choose not to fill in the missing lessons? They just get left further behind. Which is not good for MCPS optics.

I’ve taught every grade in k-5. The omitted material is all material we end up reviewing the next year anyway. This was done strategically. No one is going to be left behind. As for the MS and HS level, I have no idea. The elementary kids will be okay. This isn’t the crisis some people are making it out to be.

Please come and teach my kid omitted quadratic equations. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank the complaining parents who said there as too much work and thanks the parents who don't require their kids to log on and do their work.

Nope! It is called half the instructional time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank the complaining parents who said there as too much work and thanks the parents who don't require their kids to log on and do their work.

Nope! It is called half the instructional time.

The omissions were approved prior to the start of the year and has nothing to do with “complaining” parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank the complaining parents who said there as too much work and thanks the parents who don't require their kids to log on and do their work.

Nope! It is called half the instructional time.

The omissions were approved prior to the start of the year and has nothing to do with “complaining” parents.

Omitted for equity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the elementary level, the things omitted parents could easily teach their kids. The woman they had on the news was whining that her first grader wouldn’t know the value of pennies, dimes, nickels, etc. we are in a global pandemic. Would it kill parents to teach their kids some of these basic life lessons on their own? (I say this as a parent)

I’m fine teaching my kids and filling in the gaps. We have been doing that for years.

But how do you think that will affect the Achievement/Opportunity Gap?

If the material is not being taught IN school, what happens to the kids whose parents choose not to fill in the missing lessons? They just get left further behind. Which is not good for MCPS optics.

I’ve taught every grade in k-5. The omitted material is all material we end up reviewing the next year anyway. This was done strategically. No one is going to be left behind. As for the MS and HS level, I have no idea. The elementary kids will be okay. This isn’t the crisis some people are making it out to be.

Please come and teach my kid omitted quadratic equations. Thanks.

The poster literally said they don’t know about MS and HS. They specifically were talking about elementary students. Your kid will learn quadratic equations, calm down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the elementary level, the things omitted parents could easily teach their kids. The woman they had on the news was whining that her first grader wouldn’t know the value of pennies, dimes, nickels, etc. we are in a global pandemic. Would it kill parents to teach their kids some of these basic life lessons on their own? (I say this as a parent)

I’m fine teaching my kids and filling in the gaps. We have been doing that for years.

But how do you think that will affect the Achievement/Opportunity Gap?

If the material is not being taught IN school, what happens to the kids whose parents choose not to fill in the missing lessons? They just get left further behind. Which is not good for MCPS optics.

I’ve taught every grade in k-5. The omitted material is all material we end up reviewing the next year anyway. This was done strategically. No one is going to be left behind. As for the MS and HS level, I have no idea. The elementary kids will be okay. This isn’t the crisis some people are making it out to be.

Please come and teach my kid omitted quadratic equations. Thanks.

Log into Khan Academy. Problem solved.

[Anonymous]

Unless you replace student's parents with parents who actually DO something (like make their kids go to school every day, do their homework, etc), there will never be equity.

[Anonymous]

The parents who say their kids are thriving in distant learning, how do you feel about this? Are they thriving because they are only learning 60% of the content?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The parents who say their kids are thriving in distant learning, how do you feel about this? Are they thriving because they are only learning 60% of the content?

You're right on the money., the ones 'triving' used to be middling losers who suddenly didn't have to do squat and were getting good grades! Win win. And soo much extra time to walk the doggie and bake cookies.

No wonder suburban mommies wanted to keep DL going forever using the 'We so care about everyone's safety' lame excuse. Pathetic.

[Anonymous]

I’ve got a kid in ES, one in MS, and one in HS. This is a big problem for the HS kid, a small issue for the MS kid, and a non-issue for the ES kid.
This really sucks for HS kids. She has a PE hour where they are literally just sitting on their phones—wish the county could have just cut electives and PE for the year and doubled up on math. Some of the privates did that but I guess they don’t have the staffing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The parents who say their kids are thriving in distant learning, how do you feel about this? Are they thriving because they are only learning 60% of the content?

You're right on the money., the ones 'triving' used to be middling losers who suddenly didn't have to do squat and were getting good grades! Win win. And soo much extra time to walk the doggie and bake cookies.

No wonder suburban mommies wanted to keep DL going forever using the 'We so care about everyone's safety' lame excuse. Pathetic.

The only pathetic person here is you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The parents who say their kids are thriving in distant learning, how do you feel about this? Are they thriving because they are only learning 60% of the content?

You're right on the money., the ones 'triving' used to be middling losers who suddenly didn't have to do squat and were getting good grades! Win win. And soo much extra time to walk the doggie and bake cookies.

No wonder suburban mommies wanted to keep DL going forever using the 'We so care about everyone's safety' lame excuse. Pathetic.

Are...are you okay? You seriously sound like you could use some professional help. Please seek it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most seniors in MCPS (or MD for that matter) do not take math.

Is that true? Really shocking to me. What do they stop at?