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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Look, many parents in MCPS understand that the education our kids receive is far superior to what the would get at some of the area private schools.  We understand that our academics are simply better than what the privates offer form $30k or more.  We are, for the most part, very involved, aware and educated.  These are the reasons we don't want 2.0 to diminish our system.  The fact that 2.0 is still better than what you were paying for at a private is telling.  It is telling that you were getting so little for your money at your private.  It does not speak to the quality of 2.0.  Many of us had kids in MCPS pre-2.0 and post 2.0 and we found pre-2.0 to be better.  Perhaps if you had made the switch sooner, you would agree.  You simply didn't have exposure to the old curriculum to know what you are currently missing.[/quote]

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