40% of math curriculum was skipped this year

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Even if they'd gotten all the content, doubt theyd remember much of it after this stressful year. May as well double down on the fundamentals.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

How sad your life must be.

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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?

This is incorrect. MCPS students are required to enroll in math each year of high school and pass them. This is in-line with UMD expectations.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/curriculum/0169.21_GraduationAtAGlance_Classof2021(1).pdf

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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.

It was because of the Wednesdays. They cut an entire reading unit from the curriclum in ES because of the lost days.

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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.

For the sake of equity to the deliberately obtuse nitwits who can't read I will quote you what was said "The elementary mathematics curriculum is aligned to the Maryland College and Career-Ready
Standards (Common Core State Standards). Content selected during the pandemic-impacted school years are prioritized based on recommendations from the Maryland State Department of
Education"

So blame the pandemic.

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

MD requires 4 years of Math in HS. Every senior is required to take Math regardless of the level they are on.

Not true.

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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.

I agree that it’s fine for ES. Easy for parents to fill in the gaps, and ES Math moves very slowly anyway.

More of a problem for my 8th grader who is not getting a full year of Geometry. Much harder to fill in those gaps.

I signed her up for an online Math class this year, so I know how much she missed in MCPS. Not to mention that MCPS does not go into nearly as much depth as her online course does.

Probably NBD if you want to be an attorney, but any kids who are interested in Engineering or Math careers will definitely need a better Math foundation than what MCPS provides.

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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?

Maybe at your school but at ours they're on track.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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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.

For the sake of equity to the deliberately obtuse nitwits who can't read I will quote you what was said "The elementary mathematics curriculum is aligned to the Maryland College and Career-Ready
Standards (Common Core State Standards). Content selected during the pandemic-impacted school years are prioritized based on recommendations from the Maryland State Department of
Education"

So blame the pandemic.

Doesn't seem to be any notieable impact at our school. My 5th grader is in compacted 5/6 and is now finishing up module 4 of 6th grade math.

[Anonymous]

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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.

For the sake of equity to the deliberately obtuse nitwits who can't read I will quote you what was said "The elementary mathematics curriculum is aligned to the Maryland College and Career-Ready
Standards (Common Core State Standards). Content selected during the pandemic-impacted school years are prioritized based on recommendations from the Maryland State Department of
Education"

So blame the pandemic.

Doesn't seem to be any notieable impact at our school. My 5th grader is in compacted 5/6 and is now finishing up module 4 of 6th grade math.

Yes and the reason they've been able to get there is because they cut out some of the content from the previous modules! Do people just like to bury their heads in the sand to feel better? Even after MCPS provides documentation of the content that was omitted.

[Anonymous]

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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.

For the sake of equity to the deliberately obtuse nitwits who can't read I will quote you what was said "The elementary mathematics curriculum is aligned to the Maryland College and Career-Ready
Standards (Common Core State Standards). Content selected during the pandemic-impacted school years are prioritized based on recommendations from the Maryland State Department of
Education"

So blame the pandemic.

Doesn't seem to be any notieable impact at our school. My 5th grader is in compacted 5/6 and is now finishing up module 4 of 6th grade math.

Yes and the reason they've been able to get there is because they cut out some of the content from the previous modules! Do people just like to bury their heads in the sand to feel better? Even after MCPS provides documentation of the content that was omitted.

And what these people are forgetting is that there are many students (away from this area) that attended school 5 days a week and aren't behind in anything......

[Anonymous]

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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.

For the sake of equity to the deliberately obtuse nitwits who can't read I will quote you what was said "The elementary mathematics curriculum is aligned to the Maryland College and Career-Ready
Standards (Common Core State Standards). Content selected during the pandemic-impacted school years are prioritized based on recommendations from the Maryland State Department of
Education"

So blame the pandemic.

Doesn't seem to be any notieable impact at our school. My 5th grader is in compacted 5/6 and is now finishing up module 4 of 6th grade math.

Yes and the reason they've been able to get there is because they cut out some of the content from the previous modules! Do people just like to bury their heads in the sand to feel better? Even after MCPS provides documentation of the content that was omitted.

And what these people are forgetting is that there are many students (away from this area) that attended school 5 days a week and aren't behind in anything......

Then you should have sent your kid there if this is such a big deal for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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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.

For the sake of equity to the deliberately obtuse nitwits who can't read I will quote you what was said "The elementary mathematics curriculum is aligned to the Maryland College and Career-Ready
Standards (Common Core State Standards). Content selected during the pandemic-impacted school years are prioritized based on recommendations from the Maryland State Department of
Education"

So blame the pandemic.

Doesn't seem to be any notieable impact at our school. My 5th grader is in compacted 5/6 and is now finishing up module 4 of 6th grade math.

Yes and the reason they've been able to get there is because they cut out some of the content from the previous modules! Do people just like to bury their heads in the sand to feel better? Even after MCPS provides documentation of the content that was omitted.

Eureka is so slowly paced and does a lot of spiral review.

[Anonymous]

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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.

For the sake of equity to the deliberately obtuse nitwits who can't read I will quote you what was said "The elementary mathematics curriculum is aligned to the Maryland College and Career-Ready
Standards (Common Core State Standards). Content selected during the pandemic-impacted school years are prioritized based on recommendations from the Maryland State Department of
Education"

So blame the pandemic.

Doesn't seem to be any notieable impact at our school. My 5th grader is in compacted 5/6 and is now finishing up module 4 of 6th grade math.

Yes and the reason they've been able to get there is because they cut out some of the content from the previous modules! Do people just like to bury their heads in the sand to feel better? Even after MCPS provides documentation of the content that was omitted.

And what these people are forgetting is that there are many students (away from this area) that attended school 5 days a week and aren't behind in anything......

All of you misinformed people who think all the schools who went back are so far ahead are just wrong. My sister teaches at a school across the country that has been open 5 days a week since august. They’ve had to constantly shut down, switch to virtual, switch back, switch to virtual— she said that alone is extremely disruptive as kids take at least 2 weeks to fully adapt and then they end up switching again. On top of that, random classes are out due to COVID and quarantining... further disrupting, and the fact the kids are inattentive at best. They are just as behind as we are if not further. This is fairly common with friends who are teachers in other places, online forums, articles I’ve read... just because school has been in person doesn’t mean it’s been productive. I’m taking about public school which have different t resources and rules than public schools so spare me your public vs private argument bc its null. Our kids at least had a stable and consistent education provided this entire time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

For the sake of equity to the deliberately obtuse nitwits who can't read I will quote you what was said "The elementary mathematics curriculum is aligned to the Maryland College and Career-Ready
Standards (Common Core State Standards). Content selected during the pandemic-impacted school years are prioritized based on recommendations from the Maryland State Department of
Education"

So blame the pandemic.

Doesn't seem to be any notieable impact at our school. My 5th grader is in compacted 5/6 and is now finishing up module 4 of 6th grade math.

Yes and the reason they've been able to get there is because they cut out some of the content from the previous modules! Do people just like to bury their heads in the sand to feel better? Even after MCPS provides documentation of the content that was omitted.

Eureka is so slowly paced and does a lot of spiral review.

Some of the eureka lessons are almost identical to the one prior to it. No ones burying their head in the sand, in fact we seem to be more informed than you as we’ve actually looked over the curriculum and can easily tell the lessons omitted from modules weren’t necessary.