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So annoying that Valerie Ervin seems to be blaming the "achievement gap" on MCPS.  What about talking about the responsibility of parents for a change and getting rid of all these racial categories for measuring performance?  
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Agree with this.  If the parents don't care, there is no way to close this 'achievement gap'.  Crazy if they continue to spend more money on this.[/quote]

It's very rarely because parents don't care. It's usually because they don't have the time and/or resources to help. [/quote]

I agree with this.

On another note, I have a second grader who is doing word problems that use algebra and has started learning fractions as part of the curriculum 2.0.  I am pleasantly surprised and pleased that this is occurring.  I do not believe that 2.0 is causing my DD not to learn math.

My SO is teaching math in another county school.  Those kids in upper grades apparently haven't learned as much as DD.  SO is frustrated at how much more my DD has in both technology and substantive math knowledge than this other school.

The problem isn't what the county purports to teach.  The problem is 1) teachers not having enough time to teach the kids before having to move on to the next topic and 2) the fundamentals being reinforced by parents.   A parent who works long days to put food on the table and a roof over the head may want to emphasize education, but may not be in a position to do so.

Kids get left behind in the old curriculum with no support.  If 2.0 can teach my daughter algebra and fractions in 2nd grade, I feel satisfied, especially if it means the kids on the other side of town get a chance to keep up with the curriculum.

I am holding my judgment as to whether my child's math education is suffering under 2.0.  So far, I can't see it.

--signed a mom with an advance engineering degree[/quote]

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