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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a parent who is very much involved in my kids school on many levels. My son was reading news papers and chapter books while in Kindergarten and is looking to create his first video game by the start of 2nd grade LoL.

I actually do like the Curriculum 2.0 and here is why?

[b]The focus is to encourage students to be able to THINK critically – not simply regurgitate the thoughts of others. [/b]Instead of teaching children to make good decisions by telling them what to do, they are taught to make good decisions by giving them decisions to make; teachers are no longer teaching but facilitating.

Also students are introduced to advanced concepts earlier the before; so basically a kindergartener is introduced to concepts from 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade and then reinforced, revisited and expanded upon again and again for the next few years.[/quote]

MCPS might be thinking the focus is to encourage students to be able to THINK critically, but the in reality students are just regurgitating the new curriculum.  In math, the concepts are not built upon and are not connected from unit to unit.  The kids (including my son in 3rd grade) are just spitting out the work as the teacher modeled it.  The new information is lost as soon as the subject matter moves on to another new concept.  It is not retained for future use because it has no relevance and is not used.

Does my son know why he is doing it the way the teacher has modeled?  No.  He is questioning why anyone would do math that way because he knows of easier ways of solving the problems.  He just isn't allowed to use the methods he already knows because they want him to  do it a new way with 10 steps vs. the 2 step method my son knows.

Also, we are talking about early elementary school students.  Some people are just more naturally critical thinkers (your engineers, poets, philosophers, etc.) and some people are just more factual, it is because it is type people (accountants).  I think elementary school should focus on basic skills (like math facts, long addition, long subtraction, etc.) to build upon when the child matures and can grasp the big picture better.  They are wasting valuable time and the kids are suffering because they are introducing an untested curriculum.[/quote]

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