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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I am much like the OP. I have a 1st grader who has been under this curriculum since kindergarten and it all seems fine to me. He seems to be adept at math and is doing the more challenging of the worksheets that come home -- in fact, doing things I don't remember doing until later grades. He likes school and he comes home with lots of reports of interesting work. What is all this talk of disaster and betrayal and corrupt politicians? Some of these posters really need to relax.

If your kid loves math and knows more than the teacher, then bring them home and give them your own worksheets from 3:30-8:00 and chill out. [/quote]

Reducing the arguments of parents who are concerned about 2.0 math to a caricature of parents wanting to cram worksheets down their kids' throats for 5.5 hours is pretty simplistic.

No one is saying that your child should not enjoy the new curriculum, or that he may benefit from it. But applying a curriculum in a way that prevents any acceleration, and that says that practically no children need math acceleration, is a problem. Having kids in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade go backwards is a problem. Having no plans for what will happen in middle school math is a problem.

Have you talked to other parents in your school, particularly those who have 1st graders AND older children? How do they feel about it? What I've heard so far is "easy" and "boring."

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