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Anonymous wrote:Montessori students gain valuable skills learning how to be independent and take care of themselves at an early age. The fine motor skills that are practiced in Montessori help the students with handwriting (they learn cursive starting in PK3).

So they can write "I am failing math" in cursive?

Anyone who thinks that knows nothing about how the Montessori math curriculum works. It’s incredible and Montessori kids end up several grade levels ahead of their traditional school peers with an excellent foundation in math.

Except at Lee where most 3rd-5th graders are working below grade level in math.

That certainly depends on how you measure it. If you go into the classroom and see those kids working on long division, algebra and how to determine area for their entire classroom you won’t think they are behind. If you look at the test scores for a school that is anti testing, sure you can conclude that. The depth of knowledge there can not be measured by PARRC.

I have no dog in this fight but I’m having a really hard time believing anything you write.
Oh please. "Depth of knowledge" but still scoring a ONE on the PARCC? Come on. Even allowing for lack of computer skills and unfamiliarity with the style of math, people with even a little bit of knowledge should be able to get a 2.

+100. “Working on” algebra and long division doesn’t mean these kids have a solid grasp on the fundamentals. Are they getting correct answers? Do they have a deep understanding of the concepts? Otherwise, it’s just optics, which appears to thrill parents of younger students. But if your child is truly struggling with these concepts, you see beyond this smoke and mirrors.

Yes, yes, yes!!!! Montessori math is amazing. They absolutely have an understanding of the concepts way being traditional school. Every school should adopt Montessori metrics to teach math. Even what they do are 3 or 4 builds on what they do next to take them to understand advanced concepts in geometry for example. If there’s in’s thing I’m absolutely persuaded of it’s how well Montessori teaches math and gives kids a solid foundation. There is no reciting facts, it’s actually learning how the decimal system works and how numbers and shapes relate to each other, for example. Way beyond anything kids get that age elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Montessori students gain valuable skills learning how to be independent and take care of themselves at an early age. The fine motor skills that are practiced in Montessori help the students with handwriting (they learn cursive starting in PK3).

So they can write "I am failing math" in cursive?

Anyone who thinks that knows nothing about how the Montessori math curriculum works. It’s incredible and Montessori kids end up several grade levels ahead of their traditional school peers with an excellent foundation in math.

Except at Lee where most 3rd-5th graders are working below grade level in math.

That certainly depends on how you measure it. If you go into the classroom and see those kids working on long division, algebra and how to determine area for their entire classroom you won’t think they are behind. If you look at the test scores for a school that is anti testing, sure you can conclude that. The depth of knowledge there can not be measured by PARRC.

Oh please. "Depth of knowledge" but still scoring a ONE on the PARCC? Come on. Even allowing for lack of computer skills and unfamiliarity with the style of math, people with even a little bit of knowledge should be able to get a 2.

+100. “Working on” algebra and long division doesn’t mean these kids have a solid grasp on the fundamentals. Are they getting correct answers? Do they have a deep understanding of the concepts? Otherwise, it’s just optics, which appears to thrill parents of younger students. But if your child is truly struggling with these concepts, you see beyond this smoke and mirrors.

Yes, yes, yes!!!! Montessori math is amazing. They absolutely have an understanding of the concepts way being traditional school. Every school should adopt Montessori metrics to teach math. Even what they do are 3 or 4 builds on what they do next to take them to understand advanced concepts in geometry for example. If there’s in’s thing I’m absolutely persuaded of it’s how well Montessori teaches math and gives kids a solid foundation. There is no reciting facts, it’s actually learning how the decimal system works and how numbers and shapes relate to each other, for example. Way beyond anything kids get that age elsewhere.

Oh please. You have no idea how non-Montessori math works if you think other kids don't also learn those things.

If the kids are really soooo advanced they should be able to order numbers 1-100 in 3rd grade FFS.

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Anonymous wrote:Montessori students gain valuable skills learning how to be independent and take care of themselves at an early age. The fine motor skills that are practiced in Montessori help the students with handwriting (they learn cursive starting in PK3).

So they can write "I am failing math" in cursive?

Anyone who thinks that knows nothing about how the Montessori math curriculum works. It’s incredible and Montessori kids end up several grade levels ahead of their traditional school peers with an excellent foundation in math.

Except at Lee where most 3rd-5th graders are working below grade level in math.

That certainly depends on how you measure it. If you go into the classroom and see those kids working on long division, algebra and how to determine area for their entire classroom you won’t think they are behind. If you look at the test scores for a school that is anti testing, sure you can conclude that. The depth of knowledge there can not be measured by PARRC.

I have no dog in this fight but I’m having a really hard time believing anything you write.
Oh please. "Depth of knowledge" but still scoring a ONE on the PARCC? Come on. Even allowing for lack of computer skills and unfamiliarity with the style of math, people with even a little bit of knowledge should be able to get a 2.

+100. “Working on” algebra and long division doesn’t mean these kids have a solid grasp on the fundamentals. Are they getting correct answers? Do they have a deep understanding of the concepts? Otherwise, it’s just optics, which appears to thrill parents of younger students. But if your child is truly struggling with these concepts, you see beyond this smoke and mirrors.

Yes, yes, yes!!!! Montessori math is amazing. They absolutely have an understanding of the concepts way being traditional school. Every school should adopt Montessori metrics to teach math. Even what they do are 3 or 4 builds on what they do next to take them to understand advanced concepts in geometry for example. If there’s in’s thing I’m absolutely persuaded of it’s how well Montessori teaches math and gives kids a solid foundation. There is no reciting facts, it’s actually learning how the decimal system works and how numbers and shapes relate to each other, for example. Way beyond anything kids get that age elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Montessori students gain valuable skills learning how to be independent and take care of themselves at an early age. The fine motor skills that are practiced in Montessori help the students with handwriting (they learn cursive starting in PK3).

So they can write "I am failing math" in cursive?

Anyone who thinks that knows nothing about how the Montessori math curriculum works. It’s incredible and Montessori kids end up several grade levels ahead of their traditional school peers with an excellent foundation in math.

Except at Lee where most 3rd-5th graders are working below grade level in math.

That certainly depends on how you measure it. If you go into the classroom and see those kids working on long division, algebra and how to determine area for their entire classroom you won’t think they are behind. If you look at the test scores for a school that is anti testing, sure you can conclude that. The depth of knowledge there can not be measured by PARRC.

Oh please. "Depth of knowledge" but still scoring a ONE on the PARCC? Come on. Even allowing for lack of computer skills and unfamiliarity with the style of math, people with even a little bit of knowledge should be able to get a 2.

+100. “Working on” algebra and long division doesn’t mean these kids have a solid grasp on the fundamentals. Are they getting correct answers? Do they have a deep understanding of the concepts? Otherwise, it’s just optics, which appears to thrill parents of younger students. But if your child is truly struggling with these concepts, you see beyond this smoke and mirrors.

Yes, yes, yes!!!! Montessori math is amazing. They absolutely have an understanding of the concepts way being traditional school. Every school should adopt Montessori metrics to teach math. Even what they do are 3 or 4 builds on what they do next to take them to understand advanced concepts in geometry for example. If there’s in’s thing I’m absolutely persuaded of it’s how well Montessori teaches math and gives kids a solid foundation. There is no reciting facts, it’s actually learning how the decimal system works and how numbers and shapes relate to each other, for example. Way beyond anything kids get that age elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Montessori students gain valuable skills learning how to be independent and take care of themselves at an early age. The fine motor skills that are practiced in Montessori help the students with handwriting (they learn cursive starting in PK3).

So they can write "I am failing math" in cursive?

Anyone who thinks that knows nothing about how the Montessori math curriculum works. It’s incredible and Montessori kids end up several grade levels ahead of their traditional school peers with an excellent foundation in math.

Except at Lee where most 3rd-5th graders are working below grade level in math.

That certainly depends on how you measure it. If you go into the classroom and see those kids working on long division, algebra and how to determine area for their entire classroom you won’t think they are behind. If you look at the test scores for a school that is anti testing, sure you can conclude that. The depth of knowledge there can not be measured by PARRC.

We're not allowed to go in the classroom. What else ya got?

Look, you can homeschool or find a private school for Montessori woo-woo and let your own kid fall behind as much as you want. But for a publicly funded school, it's a very hard sell to see performance so low. We owe children a real education in which they learn to read and do math. Is that happening at Lee? For some kids, sure. But not for others. And the racial gap is so sad. Or is that a feature of Montessori as well?

Why can’t you visit? I loved the bring your parents to school night. My kids were far ahead, not far behind. And by far ahead I mean years in some areas.

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Anonymous wrote:Montessori students gain valuable skills learning how to be independent and take care of themselves at an early age. The fine motor skills that are practiced in Montessori help the students with handwriting (they learn cursive starting in PK3).

So they can write "I am failing math" in cursive?

Anyone who thinks that knows nothing about how the Montessori math curriculum works. It’s incredible and Montessori kids end up several grade levels ahead of their traditional school peers with an excellent foundation in math.

Except at Lee where most 3rd-5th graders are working below grade level in math.

That certainly depends on how you measure it. If you go into the classroom and see those kids working on long division, algebra and how to determine area for their entire classroom you won’t think they are behind. If you look at the test scores for a school that is anti testing, sure you can conclude that. The depth of knowledge there can not be measured by PARRC.

Oh please. "Depth of knowledge" but still scoring a ONE on the PARCC? Come on. Even allowing for lack of computer skills and unfamiliarity with the style of math, people with even a little bit of knowledge should be able to get a 2.

+100. “Working on” algebra and long division doesn’t mean these kids have a solid grasp on the fundamentals. Are they getting correct answers? Do they have a deep understanding of the concepts? Otherwise, it’s just optics, which appears to thrill parents of younger students. But if your child is truly struggling with these concepts, you see beyond this smoke and mirrors.

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Anonymous wrote:Montessori students gain valuable skills learning how to be independent and take care of themselves at an early age. The fine motor skills that are practiced in Montessori help the students with handwriting (they learn cursive starting in PK3).

So they can write "I am failing math" in cursive?

Anyone who thinks that knows nothing about how the Montessori math curriculum works. It’s incredible and Montessori kids end up several grade levels ahead of their traditional school peers with an excellent foundation in math.

Except at Lee where most 3rd-5th graders are working below grade level in math.

That certainly depends on how you measure it. If you go into the classroom and see those kids working on long division, algebra and how to determine area for their entire classroom you won’t think they are behind. If you look at the test scores for a school that is anti testing, sure you can conclude that. The depth of knowledge there can not be measured by PARRC.

We're not allowed to go in the classroom. What else ya got?

Look, you can homeschool or find a private school for Montessori woo-woo and let your own kid fall behind as much as you want. But for a publicly funded school, it's a very hard sell to see performance so low. We owe children a real education in which they learn to read and do math. Is that happening at Lee? For some kids, sure. But not for others. And the racial gap is so sad. Or is that a feature of Montessori as well?

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Anonymous wrote:Montessori students gain valuable skills learning how to be independent and take care of themselves at an early age. The fine motor skills that are practiced in Montessori help the students with handwriting (they learn cursive starting in PK3).

So they can write "I am failing math" in cursive?

Anyone who thinks that knows nothing about how the Montessori math curriculum works. It’s incredible and Montessori kids end up several grade levels ahead of their traditional school peers with an excellent foundation in math.

Except at Lee where most 3rd-5th graders are working below grade level in math.

That certainly depends on how you measure it. If you go into the classroom and see those kids working on long division, algebra and how to determine area for their entire classroom you won’t think they are behind. If you look at the test scores for a school that is anti testing, sure you can conclude that. The depth of knowledge there can not be measured by PARRC.

What if you see 4-5 children doing advanced math and other children doing almost no math at all? Without a way to measure what kids are learning (if you have to just disregard PARCC because you don’t think it’s a good measure), how do you know how the school does on this point on average. Most schools have outlier kids who are working above grade level. But as a prospective parent, you might want to know how the school does with kids who are average or below average. Even if your child is advanced in some areas, most kids have areas where they struggle.

You are asking parents to take it on faith that their child will get the education they need, based purely on belief in Montessori methods. If that’s the expectation, it’s unsurprising that the school loses many families after ECE because even among people who like Montessori, it is hard to just assume it will all work out for your child specifically. My guess is that these fears were compounded this year by several well-liked teachers leaving the school. It leaves a lot of unknowns.

I’m not a fan of PARCC but I’m at a loss for what to do with a school that doesn’t believe in any form of standardized assessment. High SES families might do okay there but this is sketchy for MC and poor kids who are not guaranteed the same level of resources and support in the future. And I’m not sure that public funds should be going to a school that doesn’t serve low-Income kids well and doesn’t believe they need to be assessed on the same metrics as other public schools.

The beauty of Montessori is that every kid has an individualized education plan. They meet the kids where they are at. Some kids will excel in some areas and with limits (they can’t do math 100 percent of the time if they want for example) they can go wherever they are ready. Other kids will need extra help and they get that too. [b]If you leave before the three year cycle iis up you don’t see the full rewards.

This sounds like something Bernie Madoff said to his investors.

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Anonymous wrote:Montessori students gain valuable skills learning how to be independent and take care of themselves at an early age. The fine motor skills that are practiced in Montessori help the students with handwriting (they learn cursive starting in PK3).

So they can write "I am failing math" in cursive?

Anyone who thinks that knows nothing about how the Montessori math curriculum works. It’s incredible and Montessori kids end up several grade levels ahead of their traditional school peers with an excellent foundation in math.

Except at Lee where most 3rd-5th graders are working below grade level in math.

That certainly depends on how you measure it. If you go into the classroom and see those kids working on long division, algebra and how to determine area for their entire classroom you won’t think they are behind. If you look at the test scores for a school that is anti testing, sure you can conclude that. The depth of knowledge there can not be measured by PARRC.

What if you see 4-5 children doing advanced math and other children doing almost no math at all? Without a way to measure what kids are learning (if you have to just disregard PARCC because you don’t think it’s a good measure), how do you know how the school does on this point on average. Most schools have outlier kids who are working above grade level. But as a prospective parent, you might want to know how the school does with kids who are average or below average. Even if your child is advanced in some areas, most kids have areas where they struggle.

You are asking parents to take it on faith that their child will get the education they need, based purely on belief in Montessori methods. If that’s the expectation, it’s unsurprising that the school loses many families after ECE because even among people who like Montessori, it is hard to just assume it will all work out for your child specifically. My guess is that these fears were compounded this year by several well-liked teachers leaving the school. It leaves a lot of unknowns.

I’m not a fan of PARCC but I’m at a loss for what to do with a school that doesn’t believe in any form of standardized assessment. High SES families might do okay there but this is sketchy for MC and poor kids who are not guaranteed the same level of resources and support in the future. And I’m not sure that public funds should be going to a school that doesn’t serve low-Income kids well and doesn’t believe they need to be assessed on the same metrics as other public schools.

The beauty of Montessori is that every kid has an individualized education plan. They meet the kids where they are at. Some kids will excel in some areas and with limits (they can’t do math 100 percent of the time if they want for example) they can go wherever they are ready. Other kids will need extra help and they get that too. If you leave before the three year cycle iis up you don’t see the full rewards.

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Anonymous wrote:Montessori students gain valuable skills learning how to be independent and take care of themselves at an early age. The fine motor skills that are practiced in Montessori help the students with handwriting (they learn cursive starting in PK3).

So they can write "I am failing math" in cursive?

Anyone who thinks that knows nothing about how the Montessori math curriculum works. It’s incredible and Montessori kids end up several grade levels ahead of their traditional school peers with an excellent foundation in math.

Except at Lee where most 3rd-5th graders are working below grade level in math.

That certainly depends on how you measure it. If you go into the classroom and see those kids working on long division, algebra and how to determine area for their entire classroom you won’t think they are behind. If you look at the test scores for a school that is anti testing, sure you can conclude that. The depth of knowledge there can not be measured by PARRC.

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Anonymous wrote:Montessori students gain valuable skills learning how to be independent and take care of themselves at an early age. The fine motor skills that are practiced in Montessori help the students with handwriting (they learn cursive starting in PK3).

So they can write "I am failing math" in cursive?

Anyone who thinks that knows nothing about how the Montessori math curriculum works. It’s incredible and Montessori kids end up several grade levels ahead of their traditional school peers with an excellent foundation in math.

Except at Lee where most 3rd-5th graders are working below grade level in math.

That certainly depends on how you measure it. If you go into the classroom and see those kids working on long division, algebra and how to determine area for their entire classroom you won’t think they are behind. If you look at the test scores for a school that is anti testing, sure you can conclude that. The depth of knowledge there can not be measured by PARRC.

What if you see 4-5 children doing advanced math and other children doing almost no math at all? Without a way to measure what kids are learning (if you have to just disregard PARCC because you don’t think it’s a good measure), how do you know how the school does on this point on average. Most schools have outlier kids who are working above grade level. But as a prospective parent, you might want to know how the school does with kids who are average or below average. Even if your child is advanced in some areas, most kids have areas where they struggle.

You are asking parents to take it on faith that their child will get the education they need, based purely on belief in Montessori methods. If that’s the expectation, it’s unsurprising that the school loses many families after ECE because even among people who like Montessori, it is hard to just assume it will all work out for your child specifically. My guess is that these fears were compounded this year by several well-liked teachers leaving the school. It leaves a lot of unknowns.

I’m not a fan of PARCC but I’m at a loss for what to do with a school that doesn’t believe in any form of standardized assessment. High SES families might do okay there but this is sketchy for MC and poor kids who are not guaranteed the same level of resources and support in the future. And I’m not sure that public funds should be going to a school that doesn’t serve low-Income kids well and doesn’t believe they need to be assessed on the same metrics as other public schools.

The beauty of Montessori is that every kid has an individualized education plan. They meet the kids where they are at. Some kids will excel in some areas and with limits (they can’t do math 100 percent of the time if they want for example) they can go wherever they are ready. Other kids will need extra help and they get that too. [b]If you leave before the three year cycle iis up you don’t see the full rewards.

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Anonymous wrote:Montessori students gain valuable skills learning how to be independent and take care of themselves at an early age. The fine motor skills that are practiced in Montessori help the students with handwriting (they learn cursive starting in PK3).

So they can write "I am failing math" in cursive?

Anyone who thinks that knows nothing about how the Montessori math curriculum works. It’s incredible and Montessori kids end up several grade levels ahead of their traditional school peers with an excellent foundation in math.

Except at Lee where most 3rd-5th graders are working below grade level in math.

That certainly depends on how you measure it. If you go into the classroom and see those kids working on long division, algebra and how to determine area for their entire classroom you won’t think they are behind. If you look at the test scores for a school that is anti testing, sure you can conclude that. The depth of knowledge there can not be measured by PARRC.

What if you see 4-5 children doing advanced math and other children doing almost no math at all? Without a way to measure what kids are learning (if you have to just disregard PARCC because you don’t think it’s a good measure), how do you know how the school does on this point on average. Most schools have outlier kids who are working above grade level. But as a prospective parent, you might want to know how the school does with kids who are average or below average. Even if your child is advanced in some areas, most kids have areas where they struggle.

You are asking parents to take it on faith that their child will get the education they need, based purely on belief in Montessori methods. If that’s the expectation, it’s unsurprising that the school loses many families after ECE because even among people who like Montessori, it is hard to just assume it will all work out for your child specifically. My guess is that these fears were compounded this year by several well-liked teachers leaving the school. It leaves a lot of unknowns.

I’m not a fan of PARCC but I’m at a loss for what to do with a school that doesn’t believe in any form of standardized assessment. High SES families might do okay there but this is sketchy for MC and poor kids who are not guaranteed the same level of resources and support in the future. And I’m not sure that public funds should be going to a school that doesn’t serve low-Income kids well and doesn’t believe they need to be assessed on the same metrics as other public schools.

The beauty of Montessori is that every kid has an individualized education plan. They meet the kids where they are at. Some kids will excel in some areas and with limits (they can’t do math 100 percent of the time if they want for example) they can go wherever they are ready. Other kids will need extra help and they get that too. If you leave before the three year cycle iis up you don’t see the full rewards.

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Anonymous wrote:Montessori students gain valuable skills learning how to be independent and take care of themselves at an early age. The fine motor skills that are practiced in Montessori help the students with handwriting (they learn cursive starting in PK3).

So they can write "I am failing math" in cursive?

Anyone who thinks that knows nothing about how the Montessori math curriculum works. It’s incredible and Montessori kids end up several grade levels ahead of their traditional school peers with an excellent foundation in math.

Except at Lee where most 3rd-5th graders are working below grade level in math.

That certainly depends on how you measure it. If you go into the classroom and see those kids working on long division, algebra and how to determine area for their entire classroom you won’t think they are behind. If you look at the test scores for a school that is anti testing, sure you can conclude that. The depth of knowledge there can not be measured by PARRC.

Oh please. "Depth of knowledge" but still scoring a ONE on the PARCC? Come on. Even allowing for lack of computer skills and unfamiliarity with the style of math, people with even a little bit of knowledge should be able to get a 2.

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Anonymous wrote:Montessori students gain valuable skills learning how to be independent and take care of themselves at an early age. The fine motor skills that are practiced in Montessori help the students with handwriting (they learn cursive starting in PK3).

So they can write "I am failing math" in cursive?

Anyone who thinks that knows nothing about how the Montessori math curriculum works. It’s incredible and Montessori kids end up several grade levels ahead of their traditional school peers with an excellent foundation in math.

Except at Lee where most 3rd-5th graders are working below grade level in math.

That certainly depends on how you measure it. If you go into the classroom and see those kids working on long division, algebra and how to determine area for their entire classroom you won’t think they are behind. If you look at the test scores for a school that is anti testing, sure you can conclude that. The depth of knowledge there can not be measured by PARRC.

What if you see 4-5 children doing advanced math and other children doing almost no math at all? Without a way to measure what kids are learning (if you have to just disregard PARCC because you don’t think it’s a good measure), how do you know how the school does on this point on average. Most schools have outlier kids who are working above grade level. But as a prospective parent, you might want to know how the school does with kids who are average or below average. Even if your child is advanced in some areas, most kids have areas where they struggle.

You are asking parents to take it on faith that their child will get the education they need, based purely on belief in Montessori methods. If that’s the expectation, it’s unsurprising that the school loses many families after ECE because even among people who like Montessori, it is hard to just assume it will all work out for your child specifically. My guess is that these fears were compounded this year by several well-liked teachers leaving the school. It leaves a lot of unknowns.

I’m not a fan of PARCC but I’m at a loss for what to do with a school that doesn’t believe in any form of standardized assessment. High SES families might do okay there but this is sketchy for MC and poor kids who are not guaranteed the same level of resources and support in the future. And I’m not sure that public funds should be going to a school that doesn’t serve low-Income kids well and doesn’t believe they need to be assessed on the same metrics as other public schools.