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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know whether that curriculum is any good, but you also need to consider APS' budget timeline and process.  APS generally adopts a new curriculum every 5-7 years, or at least they are supposed to.  Sometimes they don't because of budget restraints.

Virginia adopted new standards in 2023, affecting curriculum for 2024-25.  Virginia did this without regard for when and whether individual school districts already had purchased curriculum going beyond that school year.

There are plenty of things I think APS can and should do differently, but it helps nobody to blame APS for things beyond their control, like the standards set by Virginia state government and whether any curriculum available (let alone a good curriculum) aligns with those standards.

Contact the APS math department and the school board.  Ask when APS is due for a new math curriculum.  If it isn't soon, ask why not given the new VA standards.  Ask what APS has done to align with VA standards.  Ask what APS needs to get a better curriculum.  is it for the board to prioritize this in the budget?  Is it for parents to contact APS?  Ask how you can contribute to the process of finding an excellent math curriculum.  [/quote]
The Envision curriculum pre-dates 2023.  I've been recycling those workbooks for years now.  That's not an excuse.  And we pay an APS employee at Syphax to be responsible for the APS math curriculum and they have done *nothing* to fix this issue for years now.  They need to lose their job ASAP for incompetence.

Lots of states have specific standards and curriculum companies are used to having to make versions to meet those standards.  If APS is too small to get a company to work with them, they could team up with a larger district(s) to get it done.  Or we could do our own mapping of a curriculum to VA standards.  This isn't an unsolvable problem. APS is just choosing not to solve it. Total incompetence.[/quote]

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