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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good detailed responses in this thread. Thank you PPs.

I am most concerned about math and science curriculum at MCPS. the rigor has certainly deteriorated. I speak as a theoretical physicist who spent middle and high school in India and the US. I have a 8th grader and the math he does in school is just ridiculously easy. The way he is taught to solve problems is round about and inelegant. To the point of being counter-intuitive. Mathematical problem solving is a skill that blossoms in people who think through the questions and practice for hours. Those insane worksheets where you have to solve problems in a very prescribed way is anti-thetical to development of mathematical intuition.

PPs did I get it right the ES kids do not have homework anymore? [/quote]

I agree.  I have a 7th grader in Alg. I and the HW is haphazard and occasionally the teaching is flat out wrong.  I blame the relabeling of concepts that throws the teachers, too.  The HS math sequence under 2.0 is a disaster.   So many concepts that could be presented in full in Alg I have been chopped up and spread across multiple courses.  Not only does this mean a student now needs to complete pre-calc just to be competent in Alg I, it means years of potential practice lost. [/quote]

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