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[quote=Anonymous][quote]This is public school, for approximately 70,000 elementary school students in the county. The math curriculum was not working for the district, and they had to comply with the new national core standards, so this is what they have come up with. It's hard not to hear all these complaints as sort of entitled.

[b]In this school system, 62.8% of all students complete Algebra I by 8th grade. Here is the ethnic breakdown: 82% Asian students complete Algebra I by 8th grade, 79% white, 44% black, 43% Latino. When you complete Algebra I by 8th grade, you are able to get to Calculus by senior year. How is this a disaster? [/b]What grade do all of these parents want their student to do Calculus in -- 10th? So that means they are taking, what, multivariable calculus in 11th, and then by senior year they all have to bus to College Park to take classes for math majors at U.Md.? [/quote]

Again, your knowledge of mathematics is quite limited if you think the goal is to reach Calculus by senior year?  There are many useful topics MCPS should develop for the the 21st century secondary school student including counting and probability, discret mathematics and number theory well before Calculus.  Indeed, many students rushing into Calculus will have a tough time with these subjects.  Where is this subject material in curriculum 2.0?  What I have experienced with curriculum 2.0 ( 2 years now) is a huge disconnect from conception to actual  delivery in my kid's classroom. The delivery leaves alot to be desired.  And many kids stuck with poor teachers and math teaching do not have the life boat of simply placing out of this misery with an opportunity to show what they have mastered.  The teachers fear assessing and evaluating the students (kick the problem down the road) for fear of the tsunami they may face.

After 2 years curriculum 2.0 has failed many of the current students...presently stuck in the academic and intellectual mud.

The goal is not to rush to Calculus as you seem to believe.  This has never been the goal. [/quote]

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