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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another teacher that didn't know about this symposium.

MCPS (and the nation) needs to take a look at what has happened to schools. We need to get back to teaching children to read and do basic math. No child should be leaving elementary. school without these basics, and yet they are.

Part of the reason is standardized testing. We are so busy trying to teach children to read and analyze writing that is well over their heads, rather than just learning to read. Novel studies should be brought back. Reading for enjoyment should be brought back. I have such fond memories of DEAR time and read aloud. Now, all reading is around content standards and answering multiple choice questions.

Then there's math. Instead of teaching the basics, we are teaching problem-solving. In theory, this is great. However, in reality,y kids are not learning the basics and aren't therefore able to apply the basics to the more difficult problems.

If we have to have a DEI department, I'd rather them look at how we can have kids leaving elementary reading![/quote]

In my ES, kids had trouble learning math because the teacher constant[/quote]

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