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[quote=Anonymous]Algebra 2.0 was a huge problem last year. Lots of teachers that had been successful Algebra teachers in the past and understand math had a very hard time with the new curriculum. After the disaster in ES, they really should have stopped and fixed things before pushing the problems into middle school. These are smart, capable teachers. They are given vague, unclear direction similar to the non-sense parents complain about when they read the sanctioned MCPS PR stuff about 2.0. It doesn't translate into an actual curriculum. Its just a bunch of poorly constructed industry lingo that someone, somewhere thinks sounds good. The materials aren't there and teachers were up until midnight trying to create materials and lesson plans.

The teacher's union did go after MCPS for the ES problems. MCPS had to yield several million for training and a commitment to finish the materials.

I would cut the teacher some slack. As bad as you think 2.0 is for your kid, your teachers are trying to make it better and its just as awful for them![/quote]

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