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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP you should do what you need to do but it would be a little bizarre to me to consider moving from MoCo to Fairfax because of 2.0.[/quote]

I agree - also because with time - I expect that the implementation of 2.0 will improve.[/quote]

OP here. Really, I think it is all agreed that Fairfax does much better in terms of top 20%.

I am actually quite sympathetic of idea of the common core. If a student comes to me with solid high school algebra, I can teach them calculus no problem in college. It is when they cannot add and multiply, I felt powerless at the college level.

I do hope that with time and parental complaint, the 2.0 will improve. But the state of math education still worries me. [/quote]

That is exactly what 2.0 is supposed to address.  Not sure why you would let the transition issues (including the inevitable change-induced angst) lead you to think 1) it will never address the issues you want addressed; and 2) it's worth uprooting your life.  [/quote]

That is what I thought what the common core means. Until I read further that my elementary school child will be evaluated on meta-cognition and intellectual risk taking. I am all for basic skills. I just don't want him to explain in words, every time, the four inefficient ways of doing multiplication while cannot use the tried and true old fashioned algorithm. I am sorry but no children needs to know four different ways to do multiplication. They do all need to memorize the times table.

To the previous poster, the concept of zero is a very deep one. I need to see myself how Singapore math does that I cannot comment whether that is ridiculous or not.

I sure hope that the public school will work out for us. I have always thought the Montgomery County public school is one of the best until recently. [/quote]

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