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Elementary school math has not changed in over 100 years.

There is no new information.  MCPS simply knows how to screw up something that's well established for over a century.  Curriculum 2.0 and elimination of any mechanism to advance is more royally screwing around with math education.

Fed up with MCPS, I taught all my children the basic math I learned 50 years ago for 20 min after dinner ( I am not a math teacher).  They never opened any of the MCPS texts and were forbidden to use a calculator.  All 4 children were at least &gt; 3 grade levels above &quot;MCPS average&quot; by 5th grade.  This opened up many other academic doors for the deep study of economics, statistics, physics and engineering.  The kids could choose from the full menu of courses in high school and college; without fear and worry of course preparation and difficulty, because they had an early and solid foundation and preparation in mathematics.

Why then is everyone so surprised by our lack of competitiveness in the global market?

Since MCPS has removed avenues for the vast majority of County children to advance in mathematics all families with children [b]must[/b] supplement their child's math education outside of the MCPS classroom (if their children are capable and willing).  Better yet, engage any willing and able grandparents to teach the kids basic primary and secondary school math they way they learned over 50 years ago.  Even this will be much better than the courrent fare doled out in MCPS classrooms -- curriculum 2.0.
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