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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the point is that MCPS is claiming that under C 2.0 they will meet the needs on the not gifted kids--the ~35% in the regular classroom.  They also seem to be saying these not gifted kids were not learning--they were being pushed ahead w/o learning well.[/quote]

Actually, the point is PREVIOUSLY 40% were considered gifted....    A new curriculum is in place and 40% of the children are CURRENTLY not gifted any longer.

The curriculum is not the same so what got a student advancement before will not get you advancement now.  Parents are not willing to accept that....   Its understandable, reality shattering in fact...  but some people need to let it sink in.

Its not that CS 2.0 is addressing kids previously not identified as gifted...   Its addressing the kids that were considered gifted previosly under a new set of criteria.

This is the nature of the problem and the point can be driven home ad nauseum but some will choose to ignore the new landscape placed plainly in front of them.[/quote]

Your arguments assumes certain facts that simply haven't been proven yet.  You assume that 2.0 is, in fact, more rigorous than the previous curriculum.  So far, we don't know that.  In fact, some of the curriculum for the rest of the year hasn't even been presented to the schools yet.  You seem to have blind-faith that what MCPS says about the curriculum is true.  Some of us are more skeptical.  [/quote]

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