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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BTW. Everyone does know that the OFFICIAL word is that the internally generated MCPS math curriculum stinks right?[/quote]
No[/quote]

Ok. Then read the OFFICIAL report that cost $10 million. At that price, the experts who evaluated the curriculum must have known what they were doing. And they said...IT STINKS!!![/quote]
LOL 
1. The curriculum that was evaluated was the K-8, not HS.
2. The report said the curriculum is lacking  (especially for certain groups ), but not stink.

But carry on with rant and half-truths. Don't let the truth get in your way[/quote]

An anecdote: I recently checked on my DS's standardized math scores from middle school, when in private.  I compared with DS's current SAT scores.  The same! (at least the same nationwide percentile)  No damage has been done with the MCPS math curriculum.  I personally think that DS could have used more homework, but that's just my personal opinion.  No tutors have been needed and DS has had A's in all honors math courses.  I personally think that one of the main problems is that students have been accelerated too much.  DS's precalculus teacher complains about the freshmen and sophomores all the time.  [b]We're in the DCC, not Churchill.[/b][/quote]

The point of many posters on this thread is that Churchill is writing it's own curriculum and doing a bad job of it.  There are also teachers at Churchill that lack the skillset and knowledge to teach the course they have been assigned.  For students in those classes, they struggle and have to either get a tutor or use some sort of outside resource to teach themselves.  The principal know who the bad teachers are but it takes years to fire a teacher.

If your child is in the DCC, how can you comment on what is happening at Churchill?[/quote]

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