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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2.0 dropped standards in elementary school by 1-2 years. Compacted math is not a stretch for most students because the general curriculum is so remedial.

MCPS is dropping math skills and concepts out of the curriculum. Don't believe for a second that what they call Algebra covers all the concepts in private or other counties Algebra. I don't see why they would change their game when they gut high school math. I wouldn't be worried about your child going to far and struggling in Calculus because the MCPS version will be basic addition/subtract with a Calc label slapped on. [/quote]

Well, that is a very tidy explanation. The fact is that Curriculum 2.0 actually advances math by a year compared to the previous curriculum (Algebra I in 8th grade, Calculus in 12th grade under Curriculum 2.0; Algebra I in 9th grade, no calculus in high school under the previous curriculum). But you explain this away by saying that Algebra I isn't actually Algebra I -- what is your evidence for this, by the way? -- and AP Calculus isn't actually AP Calculus. (How did MCPS manage this with AP Calculus, by the way? Did they pay off the College Board somehow?)[/quote]

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