Why is MCPS making changes to the curriculum?
Under the federal No Child Left Behind law, educators and parents have been rightly concerned that content areas outside the core, tested subjects of reading and mathematics have not received sufficient instruction time. The EIC addresses this concern head on. By teaching thinking and academic success skills across all subjects—reading, math, information literacy, the arts, science, social studies and physical education—our students will receive a more comprehensive, challenging and engaging learning experience in the early grades. We began integrating thinking and academic success skills across the curriculum in 2007 and implemented it in kindergarten in 2009-2010 at 80 schools on a voluntary basis.
