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[quote=Anonymous]I have nothing to do with APE but last year's virtual learning math made it abundantly clear that we need math text books.  My 2nd grader did so so little math last year.  The kids just didn't do enough problems to become comfortable with math facts or concepts.  It was really bad.

I bought a set of Singapore Math workbooks and my kid has been doing extra practice.  They basically follow the APS curriculum and are really good.  They are not like the textbooks we grew up with--they teach concepts, practice the concepts and then ask for kids to take the concepts further through multistep problems.  I wish APS would adopt something similar.  They're great.

Oh, and you do hear teachers complain about lack of resources, particularly when they switch grades.  It's a ton of work to develop a whole new curriculum to meet Virginia standards on your own.  Teachers will beg and borrow materials from other teachers when they switch grades, but APS gives them nothing.  They are dependent on their own network to source resources.  It's embarrassing.  [/quote]

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