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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't go to grade school in this country, and I admit I'm still trying to understand the peculiarities of US public education, from lack of textbooks and homework to overuse of screens.. so maybe someone on here could help me solve this great mystery of all times. If MCPS claims it needed to a new curriculum in 2008, why did they have to write it from scratch? Why didn't they look at curricula that were used at competitive privates for math, ELA, science, social studies, etc. - or at the best performing public school districts - and purchased bits and pieces (or even the entire sets) that were proven to work?

Why reinvent the wheel at taxpayers' -- and what's even worse, at students' -- expense??? I just don't get it.[/quote]

New Federal laws meant all public school systems had to substantially change - there was no existing "off the shelf" material.  [/quote]

Please tell us which federal law you are referring to. Your post is nonsense.[/quote]

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