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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - what would you add or subtract to the curriculum?[/quote]

--engaging with more complex texts 
--readings that reflect diverse points of view 
--projects and assessments that require students to synthesize concepts, think critically about ideas presented, and argue both sides of a question 
--deeper discussions in social studies. Currently a mile wide and an inch deep.
--science has a great deal of memorization and canned "experiments" with limited tie in to application. 
--change writing assignments to focus more on persuasion and structure (write a thesis and support it with three pieces of evidence) rather than an info quota (write five sentences about Asia). 
--laughable language curriculum. Most days my child's French homework = drawing a picture.

Please note it's not that I want it to be more rigorous so my special snowflake gets into Yale. It's just that they're teaching kids to perform tasks but not to think.  I'm grateful she happily goes off to school every morning. I think if I had a high - energy kid they'd be bored AF. I know I am just doing the mom component of her middle school education. [/quote]

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