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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And math is still the same old slow VA curriculum that even FCPS's math lead acknowledges is too basic for kids in the lower grades.[/quote]

An FCPS Elementary Math teacher (who we know outside the school context) repeatedly tells us how much better all the students learned math when they had paper math textbooks and paper worksheets, versus the electronic textbooks and such which are used today.  She says many students get distracted by the electronics. She also points out that studies support the concept that writing by hand (not clicking or typing) helps reinforce the material students are trying to learn.

She also tells us that all the top math students in her FCPS classes seem to be getting after school supplements.  She hears directly from those students that they also go to Mathnasium, Kumon, or whatever for math.  IF FCPS were serious about equity, they would fix the math curriculum (& reduce the use of electronics) so those after school supplements would not be needed.  The kids whose parents both work do not have time to shuttle kids around after school.  The kids from lower income families cannot afford to pay for after school math supplementing.  Broken curricula and broken teaching methods (like Lucy Calkins) are the worst if one wants fairness to all students.  Sigh.[/quote]

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