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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]There are now challenging standards for every child in your school district AND there is an expectation that your child will make progress each year to meet those standards. The school district has a mandate now not just to help your child advance a little bit each year, but to advance each year in order to meet grade level standards. [/quote]

The kids who are not able to do the K work do not have parents posting on DCUM.  Some people need to get into the real world.  Some kids have never had a book read to them.
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And that is sad, but that shouldn't mean a curriculum should be set to the lowest common denominator.  [/quote]

...but it is!  There are only two main choices in public - you're either General Ed or Special Ed.  In General Ed you can have your 504 kids and IEP kids with aides who shadow them.  If you're "gifted" there are actual magnet schools for those precious butterflies ...so no worries there!

If you're anything else you are pretty much screwed. My DS - who has an IEP and is in smaller classes for math and reading, is in classes with children who are profoundly learning disabled.  How does this help my DS? they are instructing at the lowest common denominator in his classes as well!!

Private school here we come![/quote]

But in that case your son is not getting a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment. Which, again, is not a problem with the standards. It's a problem with the school system violating federal law. From what I can tell, MCPS had this problem long before Maryland adopted the Common Core standards, and if Maryland unadopted the Common Core standards tomorrow, MCPS would still have the same problem.[/quote]

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