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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow... Do pp here find out all these by browsing MCPS websites? I have been noticing that ES teacher/staff/PTA never tells us these information even my kid is at 4th grade now. Thanks to all these information even though I am still confused.

He is in CES _ compacted math at 4th grade now, and it is not difficult to him. I assume that he will go down the math path because he loves math. His literacy is okay. He is so far away from HS, and how do I know when there are any changes in curriculum/policies for challenging math down the MCPS?[/quote]

It takes a lot of time, and is haphazard.

Do I hear about it in the first place?  Here?  Some blog or news source?  Some MCPS mention?  Some brief interaction with a teacher?  Something my kid says?  Mention within MCCPTA?  From my own school's PTA?

Do I have the time and interest?  Is info available online to get me started?  Background from folks who've been there before?  Old threads here that might provide context?  (Warning: Old threads can have outdated info, and new threads can contain the same from well-meaning folks who haven't gotten the latest, not to mention the occasional unfortunate misrepresentation.)  Sometimes there's a lot to sift through.  Sometimes it's an information desert (or swamp).

Once I get enough to be sure I'm not wasting too much of someone's time where I could be reading up, instead, is there anyone in a position of some authority who can answer a call or email?  Do I get the runaround?  Are those resources at liberty to discuss?  Lots of helpful folks, but sometimes hard to find and sometimes reticent about certain things that might seem touchy.

There's soooo much that might be of interest.  Even in a small system, a holostic understanding of modern education is a near impossibility for one person.  That doesn't mean I don't want to know (or that anyone shouldn't or should give up), but, again, there are only small parts of the elephant that I end up touching (or even could!).  Even if MCPS put out this information proactively, it would be a fire hose, with only the individual capacity to take sips.

Still, I wish they could do more to consider that which might really be important to families/caregivers.  The subject of the MDSE Math curricular change would be among them, I would think, along with the import to folks in the OP's position (presently deciding on "compacted" Math for a DC).  However, the online meeting video MCPS posted about overall Math curriculum seemed typically bereft of meaningful detail, despite the advertisement of its inclusion.

A continuing frustration is seeing information that is not timely with respect to our ability to advocate prior to decisions being baked or with respect to our ability to make appropriately informed decisions for our children.  It seems that even the BOE ends up with that problem, and it's frustrating as heck that they never seem to lower the boom to correct that.

All that said, if I'm able to get a reasonable understanding, where I have relative confidence, I want to share that when I see a related question.  No need to have duplication of effort!

...with the caveat that I always might have gotten something wrong :)[/quote]

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