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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD will start K in fall 2019. We are districted to a good non-W ES in QO cluster. DD is our only child and we can afford private. However we want her to have the benefit of a neighborhood school, so we are torn. Should we apply to local privates or try our ES out and see how it goes? [b]All this talk of 2.0 problems has really freaked us out.[/b] [/quote]

OP, my advice to you is: do not make any decisions based on what you read on DCUM. Really. It's not an accurate reflection of reality. At BEST, it's a fun-house reflection of reality, or reality-TV "reality". And sometimes it's just completely bananas.

Your child will almost certainly be fine at the elementary school you're zoned for, and if she isn't, it won't be because of Curriculum 2.0.[/quote]

+100000000[/quote]

Another who agrees.  Leaving your neighborhood public and making a massive and potentially unnecessary financial commitment because of what you read on here about 2.0 (which will be gone anyway) is beyond short-sighted.[/quote]

So what I’m confused about it is that, unless we’re a pilot school, 2.0 could be around for about 2 years at our school before the new curriculum is phased in, right? We would certainly not base our decision solely on what we read here. [/quote]

Personally, I think the 2.0 curriculum is lacking in math but I have been pretty pleased/satisfied with the reading instruction.  Kindergarten math is counting, recognizing and writing numbers, and addition and subtraction within 10.  Your kid is not going to be harmed by kindergarten 2.0.  You could easily teach them that material if needed, and 1st grade is a lot of addition and subtraction again.  I think the real 2.0 problems come in around 2nd, 3rd grade, personally.  I would not worry about being stuck with 2.0 for K and 1st grade.  Both of my kids (one who started K reading and one who did not) have learned a TON in reading, writing, spelling, text analysis with the 2.0 curriculum.

I read the Hopkins report too, and what Hopkins evaluated was how well the curriculum aligned to the common core standards.  So they were dinged if they did too many 3rd grade standards in 2nd grade or doing a grab bag of 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade objectives in one unit.  Also, the report analyzed how often teachers used materials that were not from the MCPS curriculum.  Sometimes/often teachers are doing that because they find the curriculum wanting and are making up for its faults.  So while I think the report showed lots of good reasons for MCPS to change the curriculum, and agree it said 2.0 is not a good curriculum, it doesn't mean that 2 years of 2.0 (especially in K and 1st grade) is going to ruin your kid's education.  [/quote]

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