Reply to Jeb Bush's org behind the new MSDE MS math minutes increase (which will likely cut MS electives)

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Jeb Bush's org behind the new MSDE MS math minutes increase (which will likely cut MS electives)"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there a petition? Terrible idea. Fluency is not strong enough in younger grades. Work on that instead. [/quote]

It's not just an idea; it is happening I believe as of 2027-2028. -NP[/quote]

You are correct that it is a policy that passed and so it's currently on the books that schools will have to start offering the 60 minutes a day or 300 minutes a week of math in grades K-8 starting in 2027-2028 (the year after next, so when this year's 4th, 5th, and 6th graders are in middle school, and then for all grades below that as well.).

But I don't think that means there's no chance of reversing it.  It's a huge change that got very little attention, is unproven and novel, and [b]has major negative consequences[/b].  I think it's worth someone starting a petition to MSDE as well as parents making efforts to press MCPS to lobby MSDE to roll it back.

[/quote]

What major negative consequences? The policy has yet to be implemented so you can only speculate that there will be negative consequences. And the only one offered on this thread is potential cut in number of electives in the middle school which is not at all given as there are many ways to integrate this into curriculum while keeping two electives.

The county has 36% math proficiency rate, lower than surrounding counties and quite frankly embarrassing. Math curriculum is so much watered down - elementary school kids are beating number bonds to death while their peers around the world are mastering real math concepts; middle school math is often covered so superficially that nothing sticks. And of all the education battles that we are facing these days, you chose to fight for less math.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention so that I can throw my support behind it. I can care less what group and what former politicians are pushing for it. The county needs a major change in how it approaches math. We are approaching the point, if not already there, where the only way for a MCPS graduate to have decent math SAT score and a chance for college admission will be to supplement math education with AoPS or RSM.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics