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[quote=Anonymous]Let's do the math:

Our third graders (including my son) are the guinea pig class for stupid 2.0.

They taught our kids how to decompose (which is a term better suited for dead leaves than math).

They keep all of the kids in one classroom and then the teacher spends 15 minutes with each group to instruct them on math....then the kids screw around for the rest of the long math block.

But thank god they changed the grading system so the target is Proficiency (aka: you can do the absolute basic skill we're assessing THIS YEAR....of course we'll change it up next year since everyone is doing so poorly....we'll dumb it down a bit more, but we will continue to use terms of art that are completely made up and force your kid to use five step "strategies" instead of the old fashioned way which makes more sense....no worries, parents can hire a tutor to teach the kids the old fashion methods right before middle school to get them on track)

We all know that 2.0 super sucks....what do we need to do to change things?

Stage a rally in front of Starr's house on the first day of school with our kids holding signs like "what's so funny bout peace, love and acceleration?"[/quote]

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