Cable Broadcast of Curriculum 2.0 Math Meeting

[Anonymous]

Learn about math curriculum 2.0. What is new? How does this reflect the new Common Core State Standards adopted in Maryland and MCPS? Find out more about what composes the math instruction as well as the homework expectations in elementary and secondary Curriculum 2.0, delve into the expected changes in secondary math Curriculum 2.0, along with how acceleration, challenges, and support are being implemented within the 2.0 framework.

A large group of specialized MCPS staff provides a full range of information on the components and implementation of the Math 2.0 Curriculum, and interact with the community by answering the challenging questions in a forum held January 30, 2013, and being rebroadcast weekend mornings at 9am in February on MCPS tv Comcast channel 34, Verizon channel 36 and RCN channel 89.

This outstanding program was coordinated by the Montgomery County Council of PTAs Curriculum and Gifted Child Committees, chaired by Michelle Gluck, Amanda Graver and Laurie Halverson and will be re-broadcast in its entirety weekend mornings in February at 9am. Please do help spread the word and widely share this announcement today.

MCPS TV will air the entire event on Saturdays and Sundays at 9:00 am February 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 & 24 on Comcast channel 34, Verizon channel 36 and RCN channel 89. Be sure to watch or record it!

Thank you in advance for widely publicizing the air times of this valuable session, Suzanne Weiss, MCCPTA Cable TV Chair, 2010-2013 [e-mail]



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[Anonymous]

Watched it this morning.

Takeaways
1) MCPS is a bloated bureaucracy - lost count of how many bureaucrats are involved in MCPS math.
2) lots of bureaucrat-speak (possibly intended to dull the senses of the listener?)
3) hide the ball - cram a lot of info into this one meeting so that no particular grade is the focus (too broad to be helpful
4) very concerned for this year's 4th graders b/c next year 2.0 will roll out with them each year (their 5th grade year will be the first year of 2.0 or 5th grade...same for their 6th grade and so on). The first year roll out (if this year is an indication) is very rough because it is a work in progress.
5) the tone of the MCPS staff seems quite dismissive of parents.

I'll stop there - am getting a headache...

[Anonymous]

Lots of double talk and out right contradictions.

Are we really to believe that principals have discretion (including to regroup kids by ability into different classrooms within the grade)? principals routinely tell parents that they are not ALLOWED to do such things -- who is telling the truth and who is lying to parents??

Why are parents so deferential to the MCPS staffers who talk in circles and make no sense? Why not show the anger, the incredulity and the frustration? Our taxes pay their salaries. They need to be accountable - some of that means holding their feet to the fire and getting straight answers at these meetings.