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[quote=Anonymous]Teacher Here. Tools of the Mind is also known as FOOLS of the Mind.  It is for new teachers not experienced teachers. According to the Office of Curriculum and Instruction, ALL DCPS preschools and Preks will use Fools of the Mind starting Fall 2014. There is a place for play, it's called recess and weekends. In an early childhood classroom, there are centers with play but Tools of the Mind is pure chaos in the classroom. I am glad my child will miss this implementation. I love her early childhood teachers that stressed academics, with a strong letters/phonics and numbers base. She is reading and writing, adding, subtracting and multiplying and most important to me - she can tell explain what she does and why she does it in the classroom daily.

If DCUMers aren't interested in academics, then why do we track waitlists, open houses and test scores. We want bright kids and a school that challenges them to be thinkers not players.

Letters at the end of the year???? Ridiculous....

No FOOLS OF THE MIND FOR ME or my child. What charters are using this program? Probably not many.[/quote]

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