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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only history my kid seemed to learn in her DCPS ES (around 5% poor kids) was about the CRM, from K to 5th grade. The school supposedly covered the Revolutionary and Civil Wars in the upper grades, but none of the facts, dates, players seem to sink it. We left for a private middle school.  No comparison - she seems to have learned all kinds of history in 6th, 7th and 8th grades. We couldn't wait to get out of DCPS.  You might want to do the same, OP, or at least start homeschooling for social studies (and English? math? languages?  we got fed up with paying tutors). [/quote]

OP here. Yes, my kid can tell you about the CRM forwards and backwards but nothing about how we got there in the first place. I'm not sure who is served by that kind of ignorance. If you don't learn about it, you can't avoid it repeating. Your experience mirrors mine. I wish private were an option. We have turned to homeschooled social studies every night. So far it's going well. But what about all the other DCPS kids whose parents don't have the time, resources, or wherewithal to do the same? It's terrifying to think about. [/quote]

What is the CRM?  My kids are older, but I recall they spent a ton of time studying ancient civilizations (Greeks, Romans, etc.), and then ancient civilizations and US History in middle school (Deal).

In all fairness, I never spent much time on 20th century US history back in middle or high school.  Even my AP US History back in the late 1980s essentially ended with Reconstruction.  Only passing mention of WWI or WWII, Sufferage, Great Depression or Civil Rights.[/quote]

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