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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]10:17 is exactly right.  A few things that many posters either do not know or do not understand:

-Maryland adopted the new Common Core State Standards for math, reading, and writing (so did 47 other states) which is responsible for the slowing down of math and changes to the content within math.
-The MCPS BOE requires that the elementary curriculum be revised every ten years.  It was 2001 when the previous curriculum came out.
-Curriculum 2.0 is MCPS's way of marrying the new standards with a desire to prepare students for the 21st century by incorporating critical thinking explicitly into the curriculum.

The reality is that MCPS is huge, there are over 100 elementary schools, and in each school, the principal is king/queen.  The way that the curriculum is implemented will vary, and that is not going to change unless MCPS uses a scripted curriculum which would literally tell teachers what to say.  The "curriculum" is now the state standards. The teachers get to decide how to teach those standards to their group of students.  A lot of it depends on the quality of the indvidual teacher.[/quote]

10:17 here.  Thanks for the support.  I did not know about the ten year revisions.  Do you know how this is mandated?  Can the BOE change this requirement?  Or is it a curricular review  with discretion to change the curriculum (if Common Core or NCLB had not come into play)?  I undestand if you don't know the answers here, but it comes right back to the elected BOE being key to a lot of what goes on in the schools.  Parents who don't like the direction need to start there.

And frankly, can one of the parents who thinks their kid isn't being challenged please answer this question for me:  would you rather your kid come home with and "A" on a paper, maybe missing a few problems, or  a "B" or "C" in a challenging concept?   [/quote]

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