Does anyone like Curriculum 2.0?

[Anonymous]

Many dcummies can't add. 1500 signatories sums up to a few. And the American intellect and knowledge of math and science continues to circle the global drain.

[Anonymous]

Well, if you have doubts about the declining quality of education in MoCo see http://www.gazette.net/article/20130122/NEWS/130129781/1022/rockville-hs-science-team-wins-top-place-in-state-competition&template=gazette.

Rockville beat the science magnet in the Science Bowl. How does that make sense?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, if you have doubts about the declining quality of education in MoCo see http://www.gazette.net/article/20130122/NEWS/130129781/1022/rockville-hs-science-team-wins-top-place-in-state-competition&template=gazette.

Rockville beat the science magnet in the Science Bowl. How does that make sense?

Welcome to MCPS education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, if you have doubts about the declining quality of education in MoCo see http://www.gazette.net/article/20130122/NEWS/130129781/1022/rockville-hs-science-team-wins-top-place-in-state-competition&template=gazette.

Rockville beat the science magnet in the Science Bowl. How does that make sense?

I'm guessing the kids from Rockville tried harder. Not every smart kid wants to go to a magnet school.

[Anonymous]

MCPS should be ashamed of the 2.0 curriculum. Last year, as a 2nd grader, my DC loved math and looked forward to math every day. Last year, our school hadn't yet implemented 2.0 and my DC was able to do 3rd grade math in a separate classroom in which he thrived. This year, as a 3rd grader under 2.0, my DC is in a large class of 3rd graders of all different ability levels where he is re-doing 3rd grade math (but a much simpler version of what he did last year). He dislikes math this year and complains routinely about how boring it is.

I initially trusted the teachers and administrators who promised that they would make sure that everyone's needs would be met under 2.0. Well, a quick glance at the classwork and homework tells a different story. The homework looks like busy-time in a Kindergarten class. Last week it was "color 1/2 of the circle blue." That was it. Pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Well, if you have doubts about the declining quality of education in MoCo see http://www.gazette.net/article/20130122/NEWS/13012...-competition&template=gazette.

Rockville beat the science magnet in the Science Bowl. How does that make sense?

Easy. If your 5 person basketball team just recruited Lebron James do you think a championship may be in the offing?

Yes, I am concerned about the declining quality of education in MoCo. Like a good student, if you had read the article carefully, you would have discovered the Rockville team gained an out of state ringer, science bowl captain and nationally ranked science bowler to join the team this year. Most wise men and women recognize the "outlier" performance this year by the Rockville team was not due to the improving quality of education at Rockville HS or MCPS, rather, the newly minted addition of an out of state science bowl "super star" champ with intellect not nourished by Rockville HS or MCPS. His parents just moved into to town this fall!

You see, it makes sense. No surprise here. When the boy graduates the team will revert to normalcy.

[Anonymous]

I'm guessing the kids from Rockville tried harder. Not every smart kid wants to go to a magnet school.

Wrong. Read the article. All you need is one out-of-state wheez kid and brainiac from TJ or other out of state school (non MCPS) and any team can smell victory!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Well, if you have doubts about the declining quality of education in MoCo see http://www.gazette.net/article/20130122/NEWS/13012...-competition&template=gazette.

Rockville beat the science magnet in the Science Bowl. How does that make sense?

Easy. If your 5 person basketball team just recruited Lebron James do you think a championship may be in the offing?

Yes, I am concerned about the declining quality of education in MoCo. Like a good student, if you had read the article carefully, you would have discovered the Rockville team gained an out of state ringer, science bowl captain and nationally ranked science bowler to join the team this year. Most wise men and women recognize the "outlier" performance this year by the Rockville team was not due to the improving quality of education at Rockville HS or MCPS, rather, the newly minted addition of an out of state science bowl "super star" champ with intellect not nourished by Rockville HS or MCPS. His parents just moved into to town this fall!

You see, it makes sense. No surprise here. When the boy graduates the team will revert to normalcy.

It still shows the lack of depth in the quality of MCPS education. One outlier, Lebron James, can beat a whole team of outliers of supposedly Magic Johnson caliber. It shows that the quality of Magic Johnsons was way down low.

Welcome to low quality education courtesy of your tax dollars. Wait 'till you have to shell out more for less. Much less.

[Anonymous]

I'm sure no one would quibble with a "magic johnson" type academic education compared to "lebron james". You might accept the both will share the spoils from year to year. But if the group plays like the wizards ....don't hold your breath

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure no one would quibble with a "magic johnson" type academic education compared to "lebron james". You might accept the both will share the spoils from year to year. But if the group plays like the wizards ....don't hold your breath

Hey now!!! Are you sayin that the Post is wrong that MCPS has a "nationally renown reputation" for excellence? If you are .... please join us parents who are sick of the MCPS hype while the standard of education keeps declining and join in the movement to demand a better education. I am personally willing to advocate for the formation of a parent group to aggressively oppose the current MCPS group think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure no one would quibble with a "magic johnson" type academic education compared to "lebron james". You might accept the both will share the spoils from year to year. But if the group plays like the wizards ....don't hold your breath

Hey now!!! Are you sayin that the Post is wrong that MCPS has a "nationally renown reputation" for excellence? If you are .... please join us parents who are sick of the MCPS hype while the standard of education keeps declining and join in the movement to demand a better education. I am personally willing to advocate for the formation of a parent group to aggressively oppose the current MCPS group think.

Yes, yes, yes!! There are so many parents - especially of kids bored by curriculum 2.0 - who are frustrated at trying to challenge the mammoth MCPS bureaucracy. I personally think that some version of a "students-academic-rights-representative" within the MCPS system would be beneficial. After all, now, if you want to complain about the curriculum, you get the run-around from your child's teacher/principal. I would support the type of movement you are advocating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure no one would quibble with a "magic johnson" type academic education compared to "lebron james". You might accept the both will share the spoils from year to year. But if the group plays like the wizards ....don't hold your breath

Hey now!!! Are you sayin that the Post is wrong that MCPS has a "nationally renown reputation" for excellence? If you are .... please join us parents who are sick of the MCPS hype while the standard of education keeps declining and join in the movement to demand a better education. I am personally willing to advocate for the formation of a parent group to aggressively oppose the current MCPS group think.

Yes, yes, yes!! There are so many parents - especially of kids bored by curriculum 2.0 - who are frustrated at trying to challenge the mammoth MCPS bureaucracy. I personally think that some version of a "students-academic-rights-representative" within the MCPS system would be beneficial. After all, now, if you want to complain about the curriculum, you get the run-around from your child's teacher/principal. I would support the type of movement you are advocating.

I agree with Anonymous and Anonymous! Where can I join other anonymous people to express my anonymous outrage?

[Anonymous]

I'm in too.

LET'S DO IT!!!!

Even the teachers hate this new curriculum and complain. Parents don't like it either (except for those who have great teachers who make up for what 2.0 lacks.

However, educators who sit in an office away from the kids all the time think it's best for our kids. I don't want my kid part of this high risk experiment any longer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, if you have doubts about the declining quality of education in MoCo see http://www.gazette.net/article/20130122/NEWS/130129781/1022/rockville-hs-science-team-wins-top-place-in-state-competition&template=gazette.

Rockville beat the science magnet in the Science Bowl. How does that make sense?

The quality is going down when Blair had 3 teams in the competition and one Blair team knocked out another Blair team...?!?!? You folks are too much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm in too.

LET'S DO IT!!!!

Even the teachers hate this new curriculum and complain. Parents don't like it either (except for those who have great teachers who make up for what 2.0 lacks.

However, educators who sit in an office away from the kids all the time think it's best for our kids. I don't want my kid part of this high risk experiment any longer.

Our kids are being used as guinea pigs in a very high risk experiment indeed.



The teachers hate 2.0, the principals hate 2.0 and many, many parents hate it. This is a top-down, bureaucracy-driven social experiment. It is about removing opportunities for high-achieving students. It is about one-size-fits-all in a giant school system. It is about dismantling the entire curriculum in order to (supposedly) correct over-acceleration. Guess what? If the problem was "over acceleration" then the solution is to simply stop over accelerating! You don't need to change (dumb down) the curriculum, eliminate unit testing, change the report card, and eliminate grouping by ability in order to address prior over-acceleration. When the "solution" is a wholesale overhaul of the system like this, you need to be very suspicious. This curriculum that is all about an ideology (of mediocrity). THAT has nothing to do with remedying past over-acceleration.

This curriculum will lead to a greater-than-ever divide of the haves vs. the have-nots. Public school kids will be hindered under this system meanwhile the kids attending private schools will not. Students at Sidwell, St. Albans, Holton, NCS, etc. will not be subjected to this system - but our public school kids will. Already, parents who are able to pay are contemplating moving kids out of our "high-functioning" elementary school. In addition, parents with financial resources are choosing to supplement with tutoring or outside academic programs. I've never before seen such a stark difference between public vs. private (or between financial resources vs. not). By eliminating opportunities for achievement, enrichment and acceleration (where appropriate), it seems like 2.0 wants to dismantle the very things that made MCPS so good in the past. Why? Why? Why? Who's ideology is driving this? Is it Sup. Starr? Is it the school board? Who? Parents deserve answers and kids deserve better!