I've really enjoyed the discussions the past few days. I'm just curious to hear from others though about what criteria they look at when considering if a curriculum is rigorous, middle of the road, dumbed down, etc.
Personally, I've always stayed away from the workbook approach where kids are required to find information somewhere in the text and copy it down in a workbook. Some others may disagree so I'm genuinely interested in hearing from others about how they evaluate curriculum. I glean so much from these discussions!