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[quote=Anonymous]PP here whose kids use EDM in FCPS. Thankfully, our kids aren't allowed much if any calculator use with EDM - I do completely disagree with that part of it. Their teachers do not follow it lock step but they do seemed trained in it.  It would be nice if they could spend a bit more time on each section but I believe that has more to do with state standards covering way too much ground in the early years.

Here's what I believe is the main reason US kids are behind in math.  Our elementary teachers are not math majors and do not just teach math exclusively as a subject. Most other nations pick teachers from the cream of the academic crop and have them specialize in math if that is what they are going to teach. I would love to see elementary school teachers have a degree in their subject field that they taught (eg. only Eng. ed majors teach English, science majors teach science etc.) supplemented with some educational theory. I guess having 4 teachers for the 4 core subjects would be unrealistic in smaller schools but it seems like subject expertise would be best for the kids. However, school has really never been about what's best for the kids, has it?

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