Some things are not worth fixing.
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Agree but I think this system can be usable without trashing the money already invested. Clean it up, learn from the past, install the proper oversight and move forward.
Who the hell is going to come up with the text books, approve the content, fund the efforts, and what are you going to do in the next five years while all that is being developed?
Dan Patrick is a conservative and if he’s seeing a postive then I’ll trust his opinion.
snip from the article I linked above:
Senator Dan Patrick agreed, “I’m glad the CSCOPE Board realizes that immediate and long term changes must be made to address the serious issues raised by our committee, parents, and teachers. Our committee will be monitoring the situation closely to ensure they follow through with their commitments. We will also be looking at legislation to ensure these changes cannot be reversed in the future and that the SBOE continues in their role of oversight of CSCOPE content. The future of the program will depend on CSCOPE keeping the commitments they have made and gaining the trust of the legislature, teachers, and parents.
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He isn't using it.
Run, run, run, as fast as you can! Cscope is an unholy mess. My district forced us to use it for 3 six weeks until we finally revolted. Now it's supplemental. They spent a fortune on this junk, and we've been receiving it from ESC experts just days after it is written. It's full of mistakes and seems to have been written by people who have no concept of how to differentiate curriculum. I teach lots of students who are LEP, and it seems like there has been no regard for them in cscope. It's a one size fits all disaster. If you can avoid it, DO!
Our school district has purchased the C-Scope curriculum. My daughter is an A honor roll student. She has been coming to me for explanations for 7th grade math. Some of the word problems that I have looked at have the potential for two answers depending on your interpretation. My daughter's teacher is working the problems for each interpretation. You can not have 2 answers for 1 problem. The teacher is seemingly having to work the problems for an answer. The kids are telling her their answers while she is working them on the board the next day after the homework and she gets short with them stating that she doesn't know the answer, she has to work for the answer. The teacher makes the kids take notes for home work and then takes up the notes at the end of the day. The kids have no workbooks for examples. I corresponded with the teacher and superintendent about the lack of workbooks. The super stated that he would get me access to the online C-Scope curriculum. I haven't gained access yet. I beleive Atl ISD is using this as a stand alone curriculum. Is this C-Scope a joke or what?!?!?!?
Dan Patrick appears to be hard working... at least HE says so. However, he is often willing to compromise too much for my taste. Just a little too conciliatory. The longer he remains in Austin the more conciliatory he seems to become.
I’m not one who says that if Dan Patrick says it is good it must be good. I don’t trust him or anyone else that much.
Just my opinion and you are welcome to yours which I don’t share.