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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The grade levels K through 12 have 25 to 30 students each.

Curriculum 2.0 now prohibits students in each grade level from moving up (maybe even down?) a level to get appropriate challenge.  One assumes that as one goes up a Grade level (from K through 12) the content will get more challenging.

Many parents claim today their children's challenges in math are not being met at each Grade level since children can no longer move up.  They were able to do so under the old curriculum.  MCPS claims these needs will be met by differentiated teaching at each Grade level in curriculum 2.0.  Each teacher will now teach to a wider range of aptitudes, ability, performance and exposure in the 50 min math class (per curriculum 2.0).  On paper and in theory this strategy may compensate for prohibiting kids to move up; in reality and practise over the last 2 years this is not the case for many in MCPS.

Removing the current MCPS prohibition of student movement would solve this problem easily.  For example, many systems around the globe and country have &quot;block scheduling&quot; (fundamental and basic subjects like math are held at the same time of the day in elementary school).  This provides efficiencies (for instruction [teachers] and students) and allows children who have already demonstrated mastery of subject material at a particular Grade level to shift up to an appropriate level (K-8 for example).  This becomes critical as the classroom sizes in MCPS continue to grow (&gt;&gt;&gt; 25) and the teaching pipeline pumps out more generalists and teachers less proficient and knowledgeable about mathematics.

If MCPS does not have a prohibition regarding student movement in this regard then the trickle down message from up top flip flops all the way to the bottom.  Since no human being seems capable of articulating the policy in clear English what that process, pathway and procedure.  This should be transparent and not shrouded in evasion.[/quote]

Same zombie post thats been killed 25 times on here...  stop spamming please.[/quote]

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