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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Is Discovery Education even a viable source of a K-8 curriculum? It just sounds awful, lets buy the curriculum from the TV station down the street we happen to be familiar with. How many former MCPS employees have already taken jobs there. It also sounds like the drumbeat for a tech heavy solution is still driving things. Even if this wasn't a corrupt process, it seems like leaving the old team in place was going to lead to more of the same. Very discouraging.[/quote]

This X100 plus why on earth are they treating the selection of a new curriculum as if they are just buying another product? They aren't buying an IT system or refurnishing an office. I don't think any of these people have experience outside MCPS and have no idea how to run a school system.

There are many reputable research groups such ass NCEE and the department of education that assess the quality of various curriculums and publish actual research and scholarly articles. MCPS could contact Howard to understand what they are using - as Howard has been far more successful than MCPS on this front. Many different ways to approach this expeditiously and effectively BUT it requires competent staff.

Its excellent that so many incompetent people are leaving MCPS but so sad that their shenanigans are still screwing the students .

An another note, parents should write to Discovery Education and send them the JHU report about Eric Lang's great curriculum and 30% error rate on materials. Discovery recently just sold Discovery Education to a San Francisco firm. I wonder if they know what an incompetent fool they just hired. [/quote]

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