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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know who is really LOL-ing??  Virginia schools and DC/MD privates, not to mention all the Asian and European countries that teach intensive and comprehensive coursework to their elementary students. And the test results consistently show that, as do the number of eventual math and engineering college graduates.

Too bad MoCo chose the slow students to set the pace and curriculum, no doubt in order to bring up average scores to mediocrity (proficiency) and receive more federal funds to teach to the lowest denominator.

Funny thing, you get to a real high school or university or the real world job and it's sink or swim. None of this "lets slow down everybody so the ESL kids can "master" whatever, that everyone else already has". [/quote]

Really? Can you provide the math curriculum used by all these Asian and European countries for grades K-2 so we can compare it to 2.0? I would really like to see the specific differences between this curriculum that is allegedly failing my 1st grader and what the average 1st grader is getting in Germany or Japan. [/quote]

Why don't you try using your own common sense.  Dumbing down the curriculum, slowing down the kids who need more and eliminating pathways for kids to excel (math pathways, differentiated classrooms, etc.) will hurt kids.  Don't you get it?  Curriculum 2.0 is being TESTED on your children.  It is nothing more than a pilot-program.  Completely untested and unproven - yet rolled out in one of the largest and until-now "best" school districts.  That should make you wonder and ask questions.  When you start asking, you will have more questions because the rationale for 2.0 is murky at best - driven more by financial incentives and a world-view that suggests no child should be allowed to excel in school (lest anyone less able feel bad).  After all, proficient should be good enough under 2.0.  It is unconscionable to eliminate opportunities for children to excel in school.  That's 2.0.[/quote]

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