How Did Your MCPS Student Do In Math After Switching To Private?

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS do not teach grammar, sentence structure either. So it is pretty normal in public schools. It is a shame too because so many young people cannot write. Let's be honest if you cannot write your marketability is in the toilet.

Yep. I know we are all focusing so much on STEM, which is great, but when did we decide that that even more important skills (that are also valuable in STEM fields and in just being an adult, generally) aren't important? Like critically thinking and being able to effectively communicate your thoughts or articulate arguments? Not everyone is going to be able to go into coding nor do many people want to...

You need to get with the program. No point to going to college unless it is to get a STEM degree, so it follows no point in learning anything in high school that doesn't lead you to that end goal.

Most current STEM jobs Will be replaced by artificial intelligence in 20-30 years. Coding? AI can do it better.

The only jobs left to humans will be the kind that requires critical and creative thinking, communication skills, and the ability to work well with other humans. People who train solely in STEM skills and lack others will be unemployed.

you don't think they can train a robot to say "you want fries with that?" to replace humanities majors?

I dont think it’s an either/or situation. Strong grounding in STEM as well as the ability to communicate clearly and effectively and think critically are all important. Hmm. Instead, a well-rounded person is needed. Who would have thought?


“To help understand how we can enhance STEM education, I have been meeting academics and experts in the U.S. and abroad to think through the problem. A key point we have learned is that there exists a set of professors who are already working on enhancing STEM education. These academics cross many fields, from computer science and philosophy to social and economic fields and many branches of ethical study. Often, their work is described as adding “ethics” to computer science, but its scope is broader than that philosophical discipline of morality.

These professors are pioneers. They do this work because they feel called to it, because they are convinced enhancing STEM education is critical to developing well-rounded scientists and citizens. A number have told me that at these meetings I’ve held, for the first time they have started to feel a sense of “community” or that there are so many others trying to make progress in a similar area. These individuals often find their work is only now starting to be understood as a legitimate part of a STEM education. Many still struggle with the perception that “real” science or STEM do not need any conception of a connection to the human experience.””

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-stem-education-must-evolve/



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“With rapidly improving automation, lifelong learning and continuous reskilling are becoming the norm. The nature of “human work” is also changing, which means the engineers of tomorrow will need to do much more than write code. They will need to do the messy work of navigating uncertainty, solving problems collaboratively, and anticipating the implications of launching a technology product into the world.
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Measuring the future

In 2016, the World Economic Forum predicted that the top three skills for 2020 are complex problem-solving, critical thinking and creativity.
Prioritizing STEM and coding won’t fill one of the biggest gaps in education

With 2020 just around the corner, educators need a framework for teaching skills like these, but as yet they aren’t a part of most school curricula.
Education boards need a blueprint for a new kind of learning that will equip young people to be comfortable with ambiguity, to be self-aware, to solve problems in complex, stressful situations, to be able to make high-stakes decisions, and finally, to think creatively.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS do not teach grammar, sentence structure either. So it is pretty normal in public schools. It is a shame too because so many young people cannot write. Let's be honest if you cannot write your marketability is in the toilet.

Yep. I know we are all focusing so much on STEM, which is great, but when did we decide that that even more important skills (that are also valuable in STEM fields and in just being an adult, generally) aren't important? Like critically thinking and being able to effectively communicate your thoughts or articulate arguments? Not everyone is going to be able to go into coding nor do many people want to...

You need to get with the program. No point to going to college unless it is to get a STEM degree, so it follows no point in learning anything in high school that doesn't lead you to that end goal.

Most current STEM jobs Will be replaced by artificial intelligence in 20-30 years. Coding? AI can do it better.

The only jobs left to humans will be the kind that requires critical and creative thinking, communication skills, and the ability to work well with other humans. People who train solely in STEM skills and lack others will be unemployed.

you don't think they can train a robot to say "you want fries with that?" to replace humanities majors?

I dont think it’s an either/or situation. Strong grounding in STEM as well as the ability to communicate clearly and effectively and think critically are all important. Hmm. Instead, a well-rounded person is needed. Who would have thought?


“To help understand how we can enhance STEM education, I have been meeting academics and experts in the U.S. and abroad to think through the problem. A key point we have learned is that there exists a set of professors who are already working on enhancing STEM education. These academics cross many fields, from computer science and philosophy to social and economic fields and many branches of ethical study. Often, their work is described as adding “ethics” to computer science, but its scope is broader than that philosophical discipline of morality.

These professors are pioneers. They do this work because they feel called to it, because they are convinced enhancing STEM education is critical to developing well-rounded scientists and citizens. A number have told me that at these meetings I’ve held, for the first time they have started to feel a sense of “community” or that there are so many others trying to make progress in a similar area. These individuals often find their work is only now starting to be understood as a legitimate part of a STEM education. Many still struggle with the perception that “real” science or STEM do not need any conception of a connection to the human experience.””

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-stem-education-must-evolve/



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“With rapidly improving automation, lifelong learning and continuous reskilling are becoming the norm. The nature of “human work” is also changing, which means the engineers of tomorrow will need to do much more than write code. They will need to do the messy work of navigating uncertainty, solving problems collaboratively, and anticipating the implications of launching a technology product into the world.
...
Measuring the future

In 2016, the World Economic Forum predicted that the top three skills for 2020 are complex problem-solving, critical thinking and creativity.
Prioritizing STEM and coding won’t fill one of the biggest gaps in education

With 2020 just around the corner, educators need a framework for teaching skills like these, but as yet they aren’t a part of most school curricula.
Education boards need a blueprint for a new kind of learning that will equip young people to be comfortable with ambiguity, to be self-aware, to solve problems in complex, stressful situations, to be able to make high-stakes decisions, and finally, to think creatively.

So, no...just “really good in math” isn’t going to cut it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was it harder/easier? My child is in middle school and can’t tell yet what I should expect yet. Thanks.

Math & Science at Privates no where near as good as public.

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Anonymous wrote:Was it harder/easier? My child is in middle school and can’t tell yet what I should expect yet. Thanks.

Math & Science at Privates no where near as good as public.

Ah if life were so simple.

I love absolute statements. No qualifications, poor reasoning, but complete confidence. Try “some” or “most” of “many...”. And please don’t misperceive volume for quality, which some earlier posters have done.

[Anonymous]

I found our private to me much better at accommodating my DS’ math placement. In MS twice I asked for him to me moved up in math when he repeatedly told me math was too easy, and boring. I was told well this is the path he’s in and he’ll be too far behind if we move him.

When he started a private in 9th grade, they were much more willing to listen and when they saw that indeed he needed to be further ahead, they worked with us to make that happen. He’s now a senior taking AP Calculus and had loved his math classes and math teachers in private.

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Anonymous wrote:Was it harder/easier? My child is in middle school and can’t tell yet what I should expect yet. Thanks.

Math & Science at Privates no where near as good as public.

Ah if life were so simple.

I love absolute statements. No qualifications, poor reasoning, but complete confidence. Try “some” or “most” of “many...”. And please don’t misperceive volume for quality, which some earlier posters have done.

+1. I think this public school parent is trying to fill the chip on their shoulder with such an asinine, bs statement. Your opinion, PP, is no where near the truth.