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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, the staff were told they had four crummy free options to choose from, and they selected the least crummy option. The least the board could do is approve it given that there isn’t any money for a real curriculum. All these curriculums are just rough outlines with no actual resources, so there is a ton of work to do after the thing is approved.[/quote]

All of hte so-called crummy free options they were looking at are substantially better than the expensive option we currently using, which is not aligned with standards. -Member of the review team.[/quote]

Believe me, as an ELA teacher, I am no fan of study sink. However, the for free options we reviewed are still crummy. No materials are provided unless you pay for them, and the county isn’t paying for them. We are starting from scratch. This is especially frustrating since we had a decent curriculum before study sink which we paid a small fortune to be told wasn’t good enough. Since literacy is one of the most important things for our students, I don’t understand why we aren’t getting a high-quality curriculum like the William and Mary.[/quote]

The slides that are posted have money for book purchases in the first year, and all of the manuals, worksheets, etc. are available for download.  You cannot have actually reviewed the materials.[/quote]

Not just for download - MCPS is going to print everything out for teachers and students.[/quote]

Yes, I know.  Because I read the slides, but I was responding to the idea that this wasn’t a real curriculum.

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