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Anonymous wrote:? My MCPS kid in compacted math, going into 5th grade, know how to do long division. This is not a curriculum problem. It's a teacher problem.

That cartoon looks like a parent problem to me, actually.

Anonymous wrote:? My MCPS kid in compacted math, going into 5th grade, know how to do long division. This is not a curriculum problem. It's a teacher problem.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is in 5th grade and can’t do long division! What is up with that? We just realized it because we were asking him something.

Will teach him this summer, but now I want to know what else he can’t do!

eek, better to stick head in the sand

Yep, just like the people claiming curriculum 2.0 is producing no gaps in knowledge.

My kid did not get long division under the old math. My guess is whatever comes next will have gaps too..maybe different ones though. That is why I can not get too upset about all this.

so did you get out a notebook and teach him??!?? hope so.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is in 5th grade and can’t do long division! What is up with that? We just realized it because we were asking him something.

Will teach him this summer, but now I want to know what else he can’t do!

eek, better to stick head in the sand

Yep, just like the people claiming curriculum 2.0 is producing no gaps in knowledge.

My kid did not get long division under the old math. My guess is whatever comes next will have gaps too..maybe different ones though. That is why I can not get too upset about all this.

? My MCPS kid in compacted math, going into 5th grade, know how to do long division. This is not a curriculum problem. It's a teacher problem.

It was a problem under the old curriculum (before Curriculum 2.0) when kids in elementary school would skip whole years of math. If you skipped the year where long division was taught, you didn't learn long division. That happened to my older kid too (I am not the same PP as the above PP whose kid didn't get long division). My younger kid in Curriculum 2.0 compacted math did get long division.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is in 5th grade and can’t do long division! What is up with that? We just realized it because we were asking him something.

Will teach him this summer, but now I want to know what else he can’t do!

eek, better to stick head in the sand

Yep, just like the people claiming curriculum 2.0 is producing no gaps in knowledge.

My kid did not get long division under the old math. My guess is whatever comes next will have gaps too..maybe different ones though. That is why I can not get too upset about all this.

? My MCPS kid in compacted math, going into 5th grade, know how to do long division. This is not a curriculum problem. It's a teacher problem.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is in 5th grade and can’t do long division! What is up with that? We just realized it because we were asking him something.

Will teach him this summer, but now I want to know what else he can’t do!

eek, better to stick head in the sand

Yep, just like the people claiming curriculum 2.0 is producing no gaps in knowledge.

My kid did not get long division under the old math. My guess is whatever comes next will have gaps too..maybe different ones though. That is why I can not get too upset about all this.

No curriculum is perfect, but some are clearly better than others. To me, not understanding basic math isn’t acceptable, so I am upset about it.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is in 5th grade and can’t do long division! What is up with that? We just realized it because we were asking him something.

Will teach him this summer, but now I want to know what else he can’t do!

eek, better to stick head in the sand

Yep, just like the people claiming curriculum 2.0 is producing no gaps in knowledge.

My kid did not get long division under the old math. My guess is whatever comes next will have gaps too..maybe different ones though. That is why I can not get too upset about all this.

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Consider looking for the e-mail address in the MCPS staff directory, which you can find by Googling MCPS staff directory.

I did google it. Jack Smith's email is. Strangely, Maria Navarro's is not (there's a Maria Navarro listed as a staff secretary who I think is not her). I also sent a message to AskMCPS but no response.

Google MCPS staff directory, get: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/directory/

Type Maria Navarro into the search box, get:

NAVARRO, DR. MARIA V

Office of the Chief Academic Officer
Organizational Chart
Chief Academic Officer

240-740-3040

Maria_V_Navarro@mcpsmd.org

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Anonymous wrote:So when is the RFP going to be issued? I can't even find Maria Navarro's email on the MCPS site to ask.

Crickets. I don't think anyone knows. An the MCPS email they sent at the beginning of the summer had a "donotreply" email on it.

Consider looking for the e-mail address in the MCPS staff directory, which you can find by Googling MCPS staff directory.

I did google it. Jack Smith's email is. Strangely, Maria Navarro's is not (there's a Maria Navarro listed as a staff secretary who I think is not her). I also sent a message to AskMCPS but no response.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is in 5th grade and can’t do long division! What is up with that? We just realized it because we were asking him something.

Will teach him this summer, but now I want to know what else he can’t do!

eek, better to stick head in the sand

Yep, just like the people claiming curriculum 2.0 is producing no gaps in knowledge.

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Anonymous wrote:So is anyone going to jail over this?

Jail, really?

See Dallas Dance, former superintendent Baltimore County Public Schools now residing in prison.

Baltimore teacher who is now just reading through this thread. You beat me to it!

Anonymous wrote:My kid is in 5th grade and can’t do long division! What is up with that? We just realized it because we were asking him something.

Will teach him this summer, but now I want to know what else he can’t do!

eek, better to stick head in the sand

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Anonymous wrote:So when is the RFP going to be issued? I can't even find Maria Navarro's email on the MCPS site to ask.

Crickets. I don't think anyone knows. An the MCPS email they sent at the beginning of the summer had a "donotreply" email on it.

Consider looking for the e-mail address in the MCPS staff directory, which you can find by Googling MCPS staff directory.

Anonymous wrote:So when is the RFP going to be issued? I can't even find Maria Navarro's email on the MCPS site to ask.

Crickets. I don't think anyone knows. An the MCPS email they sent at the beginning of the summer had a "donotreply" email on it.

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I agree. This is why we’re considering private. I expect to have to help my kid with homework sometimes and with study skills, but I don’t have the time or skills needed to fill huge gaps in her education.

What huge gaps?

Grammar has been a huge gap for us. Not any solid instruction on punctuation, verb tense usage, etc. I find that to be a pretty huge gap!

This is anecdotal, but I never learned grammar either (Midwest). My mom had to teach me the basics. I went on my law school Law Review and had to study grammar like I was in grade school.

It's pervasive.

best way to learn it is through lots of reading..

Sure, but formal instruction is critical as well, especially in the younger years.