Eureka Math - I am SO ANGRY

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter started 4th this week. I understand the last curriculum, particularly math, was a dismal failure of which this county should be ashamed. But my daughter was doing fine in math, but with some intermittent confidence issues. Now I can't even figure out how to to help her because the her work sheet is like it's in another language. Zero support or explanation or heads up from our school. Even once I figured it out in order to help her, it seems pointless - and frankly designed to rock her confidence by starting fresh yet again. So sick of these people f'ing up not only my kids' education but also our home life and stress levels. My son started K this week and honestly I am not even kidding...we are supposed to teach him to count starting with his pink instead of thumb or index finger. He was pretty advanced in a math at his Montessori and can reason through multiplication in his head. Yet now he is confused and upset.

Is this going to get better???

No, it won’t. MCPS is all about “innovating.” If you want a classical education, you need to go private. It is maddening, I agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Classic MCPS. They repeatedly make these grave errors because of corruption. The curriculum office had to be swept a few years ago due to scandal involving Discovery Education.

MCPS needs independent IG like Fairfax County. No other multi-billion org (MCPS has annul budget rivaling an Eastern European defense budget) floats along in the world like this.

The county OIG has the ability and authority to oversee MCPS since 2020. The county council approved two positions specifically for OIG educational unit. Also, MCPS has already released its financial report which included an independent audit.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/financialservices/fy2023acfr.pdf

https://mcpsmd.new.swagit.com/videos/281114

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who starts counting with their pinky finger????

I think I figured it out! Make a fist with your hand. Extend only your pinky - 1! Now extend your ring finger also -2! Middle finger - 3. Then 4, then 5. Now make a fist again. Extend your thumb first this time - 1! Now your index finger-2! Keep going. You will get stuck on finger number 4. Your hand can show 4 fingers in a row much better if you start with your pinky.

Remember, the kindergarten curriculum has to accommodate children who might never have been in preschool. It accommodates children who are new to this country. I have a kindergartener also. She knows that she can count in different ways. I don't think she would have a problem counting starting with her pinky.

Bravo! Great explanation!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Classic MCPS. They repeatedly make these grave errors because of corruption. The curriculum office had to be swept a few years ago due to scandal involving Discovery Education.

MCPS needs independent IG like Fairfax County. No other multi-billion org (MCPS has annul budget rivaling an Eastern European defense budget) floats along in the world like this.

The county OIG has the ability and authority to oversee MCPS since 2020. The county council approved two positions specifically for OIG educational unit. Also, MCPS has already released its financial report which included an independent audit.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/financialservices/fy2023acfr.pdf

https://mcpsmd.new.swagit.com/videos/281114

Nice try. A county IG does not have the same weight as an MCPS IG would. You are dealing with inside info in most cases of corruption - this is common in billion dollar entities except for this county. Why?

[Anonymous]

https://marketbrief.edweek.org/marketplace-k-12/montgomery-county-maryland-district-pulls-rfp-curriculum-decision-worth-millions/

MCPS has a cultural problem. I could go on but I won’t

[Anonymous]

I hope everybody realizes that this thread was resurrected from four-plus years ago by a troll claiming to be a teacher on page 5 (whether they are a teacher or not, bringing up such dated material is troll-ish).

Probably someone who has an agenda.

Probably someone who's now replying to posts of folks who didn't realize how old the thread was.

Probably someone who wanted to post about the 2018 corruption issue again.

The issue of the Eureka curriculum has been discussed dozens of times since, and would be better served by a new thread, if needed, to eliminate now-irrelevant info. Time to lock this one up, Jeff.