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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Institutionalizing mediocrity is basically what you are describing.  
I love the MCPS employee description of "doing everything correctly on the sheet would = P" but doesn't necessarily  demonstrate exceptional understanding beyond the grade level...yet doing the worksheet and getting a P is the goal "for all children to score by the end of the year."
This sums up the problem that so many parents have with 2.0!!  We WANT our children to be given MORE material and RICHER material so they will have the OPPORTUNITY to reach an exceptional level of understanding.  We don't want teachers to stop with a worksheet that the central office deems to be a proficient level of understanding of some subject.  That is why parents think 2.0 is about dumbing down the students.[/quote]

PP, why are you assuming that your child is getting work that is easy.  Perhaps the work is so challenging that all he can get is a P.  If he gets an ES, isn't that an indication that the work is too easy for him -- he was able to go beyond what was presented.

I also don't think you can fault the teacher for teaching the curriculum.  MCPS have been penalized for not doing so.  I have never met a teacher that was happy being forced to strictly follow the curriculum from the central office (as opposed to using it as a starting point), since it infringes on the teacher's creativity.

If you don't like the curriculum, direct your complaints to the central office.[/quote]

I'm not the poster you're responding to, but it's clear that the central office is not interested in parent feedback.  It's only the start of week 4 so I'm doing my best to withhold judgment but what I've heard from MCPS so far makes me concerned.  School should be more than child care.[/quote]

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