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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SM is nothing like CC. SM is clear and easy to understand. [/quote]

This is my main complaint with CC. We could have saved a hell of a lot of money and frustration just adopting the Singapore curriculum and using leftover funds to retrain teachers and set higher expectations at the teacher training level. Of course, that wouldn't look good.[/quote]

I remember reading here that years ago four MoCo elementary schools tried Singapore Math, all but one school abandoned it within a year or two. Apparently teachers found them hard to teach. The test score dropped. However, C2.0 is remarkably similar to Singapore math. iIt is just much more awkward and cumbersome with a large dose of reform math flavor. wherever it differed from SM is not an improvement.[/quote]

I seem to remember that part of the problem was that some teachers didn't understand the material and methods. They really aren't hard to teach or understand at all. I find the old Singspore math books (not the CC version) to be remarkably straightforward, with a better emphasis on mental math than other stuff I've had. I'm a teacher myself and have seen enough to know that there are way too many teachers who lack strong math skills out there.

Until e resolve that problem, we'll never fix our math woes regardless of how much we spend redesigning curriculum.
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