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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 "[b]so it looks ridiculous and everyone hates it, just trust us the "new math" way is better, because you don't have number sense[/b]" 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]

I've never heard anybody in MCPS say this. Whom did you hear say this, and when did you hear it?[/quote]
Not PP, but this is the implication of all the fluff promo material parents were subjected to with the roll out of 2.0.  My ES had a back-to-school presentation introducing PARCC and the math content specialist flashed up two slides, one problem from the MSA one from the PARCC, his only point was look at that wall of text in the PARCC question, clearly it's superior and aren't we all glad we don't have to take it, big laugh expected.[/quote]

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