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[quote=Anonymous]Unfortunately,  MCPS doesn't provide a strong enough foundation in elementary for later academic success.  As the parent of two magnet students who has talked to many other parents over the years I'm convinced that MCPS owes much of its reputation to a well-educated population that supplements their children's education either at home or at one of the many tutoring companies around here.  I've had to do a lot more education at home than I ever imagined, and it wasn't to get ahead, but to fill the gaps that I considered necessary for a solod education.

Here's some of what children need:

Being taught to read with phonics.  This way, once they learn to read they know how to read.  Not just at a grade level because they know the sight words for that level, but if they understand a word in spoken language, then they will be able to read it.

Direct, systematic instruction in grammar.

Direct instruction in handwriting.

The ability to do basic math WITHOUT a calculator.   If there is one commonality I've found in magnet families it's that many of us have restricted calculator use for homework.

My children went through elementary before curriculum 2.0, but as near as I can tell the curriculum is still inadequate and worse hidden.  When my kids were young a parent either had to go the school library or the Carver administration building to look at the curriculum on site.  When they switched to a computerized system I asked how parents were supposed to access the curriculum and was told that they hadn't considered the issue, bit perhaps it could be included in a later version  (which as far as I know hasn't happened yet).  Other school systems with similar curriculum have had parents rally and demand new textbooks.  However, without textbooks or anything specific to review all we have are the very general course outlines and the reassurance that "MCPS is one of the best school systems in the nation".[/quote]

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