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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]how much help are you looking for? RM has a tutoring club - GenerationZ, free of charge, once a week I think. You may want to check it out. [/quote]

Is this for math?  If OP's kid is in 2nd grade, then DC is doing 2.0 math.  I'm not sure a HSer can help with 2.0 math. Some parents seem to be having a hard time helping their kids with 2.0 math.  A HSer may be better at 2.0 math than a parent, but not sure they would be the best person to help with 2.0 math.  Maybe ask an MCPS teacher. I think some teachers do tutor outside of school.[/quote]

What's so special about 2.0 math? math is math, no? [/quote]

I guess you don't have an ES kid in 2.0 math or have not read the numerous threads on 2.0 ES math.

2.0 math is math, but the way it is taught is very different than how the current HSers or the parents generation were taught.  Some of it is the same, but I'm guessing the math that OP's kid is having issues with is the different ways math under 2.0 math is now being taught.[/quote]

Yes, my kids are older - 1 HS, 1 college, and 1 in grad school. Sometimes I feel like the education "experts" focus on fixing things that are not broken and the real issues are... well, stay broken.  [/quote]

For some, it wasn't broken, but for too many, the system was broken.

2.0 is MPCS's curriculum to meet Common Core standards.  CC standards for math seeks to push critical thinking and reasoning rather than just rote memorization.  How 2.0 math achieves these standards has been very controversial, well, so has CC in general.  Personally, I think some of the push for critical thinking and reasoning in math is good.  Some of the ways it's been executed is bad, but this seems to be school and/or teacher specific as well.[/quote]

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