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If it's a public school, then yes she is.  You seem to be very confused about democracy.  [b]We are all in an oversight capacity of the teacher and the school. [/b] We all vote the Board of Ed in and out.  We, as parents, absolutely DO need to make sure that our kids are being taught properly.  Does this one silly use of jargon on a worksheet merit any real attention?  Of course not.  Even if it were a typo, as an isolated mistake it wouldn't matter.  But saying that parents aren't in an "oversight capacity" is wrong.  [/quote]

Well, no, we're not. We (meaning everybody, not just parents) vote for the Board of Education. The Board of Education hires the superintendent. The superintendent runs the school system. The teacher does not work for you; the teacher works for the school system.[/quote]

Yes, we are.   In the same way that we are oversight of Congress and the President and every appointee thereof.  They are, ultimately, accountable to their public constituency.  Does that mean one parent is the "boss" of them?  Of course not.  But it means that we, the public as a whole, are indeed their ultimate overseers.  As it should be in a democracy.  Which is why this "so it looks ridiculous and everyone hates it, just trust us the "new math" way is better, because you don't have number sense" is ridiculous.
I also have to admit I find it funny when I hear people with M.Ed.'s tell parents who have STEM degrees which require a lot of higher math that we just don't understand "number sense".  Okay.  I fully admit, I have less of a sense of how to manage a classroom and less understanding of child development and education than most elementary school teachers.  But "number sense", I think I get.[/quote]

And to whoever swung this conversation around to 2.0, there's a big difference between having concerns about a curriculum and raising a beef with an individual teacher.  I am absolutely entitled to an opinion on something which will affect my child for thirteen years and, no, I don't express that by badgering the classroom teacher.  Just look at any of the materials MCPS has put out with the rollout, it is all so completely devoid of content.  The phrase 'deeper understanding' plastered everywhere with nothing to back the claims.  It just panders to the math-phobes of the world, [i]we won't bother you with the details, you can't understand grade school math[/i].  [/quote]

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