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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Enrollment is down at some schools. The private schools, even the parochial ones, are over a year ahead of MCPS now. This didn't used to be the case. [/quote]

We pulled our daughter from private and placed her in public. She's in 4th grade where the Curriculum 2.0 philosophy is relatively new to kids in her grade.

At her private school, I didn't know her reading level. Here, she tested at a middle school level and is literally off the charts in reading for her age.  Right now they're doing extension questions and even touching upon author's style.

In math, she is still struggling to discuss her process for arriving at an answer.  She does fine - is also in the top group - but is a bit more timid in discussing mathematical processes b/c it's not something most of us were taught to do.  In math, the answer was right or wrong at her former school.  With this philosophy, which is IB-based, process is equally as important as the product.

I am an educator, and while my daughter's private school did teach her the basics, it failed in the area of critical thinking.  I did quite a bit of "enrichment" at home to get her to her current level.

And remember, folks; life isn't black and white.  It's very gray.  So those of you who can't stand Curriculum 2.0 simply can't wrap your heads around the philosophical framework, which is frightening.  [/quote]

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