Teachers Demand Pearson Curriculum Summit

Really? Gosh. This must make all those Pearson customers out there excited to buy the Pearson-MCPS curriculum.  Look how fantastic it is working out for MCPS?  Our teachers are now demanding a whole new round of "training"  to figure out this super cool curriculum that is supposed to bring MCPS dollars.

Dollars received to date from sale of MCPS curriculum to Pearson:  $ 0

Cost to taxpayers of sale of MCPS curriculum to Pearson:  over $3.65 MILLION in just the FY 2014 budget

Gazette:

...Tom Israel, executive director of the Montgomery County Education Association, said he was pleased to see the extra funding for Curriculum 2.0. Starr’s original request had already included $1.55 million for added curriculum supports.
The teacher’s union felt that more should be included, and worked with the school system over the last few weeks [NOTE:  BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. NO PUBLIC PROCESS TO THE UNION DISCUSSING THEIR "FEELINGS"] to determine what additional supports were needed for next year, he said.
The extra funding will allow for more training for all elementary teachers this summer, a curriculum summit [Equals conference in Ocean City. One simply can not summit in Montgomery County.] this summer for teachers to help “fix holes” in the curriculum, and more money for substitutes so that teachers can take planning time, Israel said...