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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]...Finally, while there may be some teachers that aren't terribly good in math teaching math in elementary school, that was never the basis of the problem in math. The basis of the problem in math was the speed at which concepts were taught with a hope and a prayer that enough kids grasped the concept, and then moving on to the next concept. Really, elementary school math, even if it is algebra, is not that hard for a teacher given the right materials.[/quote]

Somehow you think an adult teacher needs the right materials in order to successfully teach elementary school mathematics.  If so, I feel sorry for the teacher wannabe.  The stellar teachers I had developed their own materials despite the curriculum -- and students learned a hell of alot more than was in the "right mateials".

Good teachers who understand prealgebra do not really need "right materials" to teach the subject well.

That's my experience as student and teacher.

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I agree, but there is someone on this thread who thinks that no elementary school teacher is qualified to teach math.  I never said the "right materials" could be generated by the teachers themselves.

Prealgebra isn't rocket science.  I know this.  I have worked as a rocket scientist, and I am married to an MCPS teacher.  I see what he teaches to fourth graders under the old curriculum.  There is absolutely nothing special about the old curriculum that makes it better at teaching math than 2.0. I am not saying 2.0 is the best curriculum ever, but I am saying that people who are trained to teach kids developed this curriculum in view of standards they are now required to meet.  You should give the curriculum a chance.

What is frustrating me about this thread is that there are such sweeping generalization about how all MCPS elementary school teachers are unqualified to teach math and how horrible 2.0 is.  [b] I just don't get how you can have such disdain for people who are dedicated to teaching your kids. [/b]  If you do, then you have a right to do something about it, including moving to Virginia where Common Core is not mandated or putting your kids in private if you hate MCPS so much.  The people who show up everyday to teach your kids certainly don't do it for the money, even those that teach in private school.[/quote]

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