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[quote=Anonymous]The math standards are lower, much lower. This is the problem. Its not gifted geniuses who aren't learning new things, its every darn kid in the class. You have to be a ill formed, sheep to go along with the MCPS BS on math. If MCPS started making 3rd graders read Biscuit books everyday, you'd be up in arms too.

The problem is worse in areas with strong preschools. The Montessori schools in our area teach quantity, place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division for kids ages 3-6. These kids are not math geniuses and they aren't just memorizing facts and formulas. In fact, Montessori uses manipulative models and teaches concepts far deeper than anything we've seen from MCPS. The play based preschools teach math too and while they may not do set counting and multiplication/division they do give kids a strong understanding of addition and subtraction. These kids enter MCPS and go back to what they were doing when they were 3 or 4 years old. It progresses incredibly slowing from that point onward.

For whatever reason. Montgomery County has decided that either its children can't learn math or its teacher cant teach it , so everyone is forced to take remedial math from day one. [/quote]

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