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[quote=Anonymous]The standards are rigorous. Unfortunately, they are only as rigorous as the teacher is good!

I remember my cousin (born and raised most of her life in Italy) telling me about their school day. They spent quite a bit of time on a Shakespearean play - reading, analysis, presentations - with their only assignment being to review what they studied in class.  She is in the States now and probably knows more about Shakespeare than most of my friends do.

It's the old depth versus coverage conflict.  2.0 focuses on depth. But if you're afraid of digging deep as a teacher and don't have the skills to backmap and treat lessons as you would peel an onion, 2.0 can be quite challenging.  It's IB for little ones!

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It is highly academic now, especially with the implementation of Curriculum 2.0.  [/quote]

I think it's interesting that you say that, given that the conventional wisdom of DCUM about Curriculum 2.0 is that it's academic cocoa puffs and that everybody's children learned nothing, not one single measly thing, all year.

(For what it's worth, my experience of Curriculum 2.0 has been very positive.)[/quote][/quote]

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