Teacher exposes the craptastic decline iof MCPS in Reddit rant

[Anonymous]

I can’t believe we pay taxes for this freak show:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MontgomeryCountyMD/comments/17ma4r1/how_mcps_is_ruining_education_for_students/

[Anonymous]

I’m a HS teacher in MCPS. This is all true.
I keep wondering who are the jokers in central office who come up with these policies.

[Anonymous]

Oh, this is all very true. And, some of the comments are accurate as well.

It's terrible that our public education system has declined so much. I'm a bit believer in public education, but it's currently a disaster with zero accountability and useless initiative after useless new initiative.

[Anonymous]

The kids are so far gone...they have no stamina... get tired after five minutes...complain about everything being too hard....it's not just the school system, it is parenting, it is society... it is depressing AF.

[Anonymous]

A lot of it is true, but we have a few really good teacher this year who are holding the kids accountable and really tuff with grading but they are also teaching them the the skills that they didn't get in ES or MS. The teachers can do far more and some choose not to. The worst are the ones who will not read or return email when you try to work with them.

[Anonymous]

MoCo residents got the superintendent they, just not the teachers, deserved.

[Anonymous]

I am a secondary teacher in NYC and can echo a lot of this. I teach honors, gen Ed and ICT science classes. Last year my school was one in the district that piloted removing homework from the grading policy. Just removing it entirely.

This is a well performing school in a good nyc district. Parents want homework. My honors parents complain when there is not homework. I really have mixed opinions on HW overall, but believe it is ok especially in moderation, and students benefit from working on skills and reading at home.

Also, there is tons of homework at the competitive high schools these kids are trying to get into- so what does it say if we give them 0 homework for years before?

It’s all absurd. There is no accountability for students or parents; all on the teachers. I am expected to call parents when kids have missing assignments (!) even though I spend hours per week updating a digital gradebook that has EVERYTHING there. And I have 150 students.

This is why teachers want to leave

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a secondary teacher in NYC and can echo a lot of this. I teach honors, gen Ed and ICT science classes. Last year my school was one in the district that piloted removing homework from the grading policy. Just removing it entirely.

This is a well performing school in a good nyc district. Parents want homework. My honors parents complain when there is not homework. I really have mixed opinions on HW overall, but believe it is ok especially in moderation, and students benefit from working on skills and reading at home.

Also, there is tons of homework at the competitive high schools these kids are trying to get into- so what does it say if we give them 0 homework for years before?

It’s all absurd. There is no accountability for students or parents; all on the teachers. I am expected to call parents when kids have missing assignments (!) even though I spend hours per week updating a digital gradebook that has EVERYTHING there. And I have 150 students.

This is why teachers want to leave

But at least we have more equity in outcomes, right?

[Anonymous]

Someone said the quiet part out loud…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of it is true, but we have a few really good teacher this year who are holding the kids accountable and really tuff with grading but they are also teaching them the the skills that they didn't get in ES or MS. The teachers can do far more and some choose not to. The worst are the ones who will not read or return email when you try to work with them.

Your email is not their priority. Schedule an in person meeting with the principal if you have an issue. Chances are the teacher can’t make decisions without the principal anyways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of it is true, but we have a few really good teacher this year who are holding the kids accountable and really tuff with grading but they are also teaching them the the skills that they didn't get in ES or MS. The teachers can do far more and some choose not to. The worst are the ones who will not read or return email when you try to work with them.

Parents don’t care. Period. I have 12 kids who had over 26 absences each in quarter 1. It’s time for a mirror.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of it is true, but we have a few really good teacher this year who are holding the kids accountable and really tuff with grading but they are also teaching them the the skills that they didn't get in ES or MS. The teachers can do far more and some choose not to. The worst are the ones who will not read or return email when you try to work with them.

Parents don’t care. Period. I have 12 kids who had over 26 absences each in quarter 1. It’s time for a mirror.

What’s even worse is when admin wants content teachers to just take the initiative to call parents of chronically absent students when we have 120-180 students each. And when there is a dedicated attendance teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of it is true, but we have a few really good teacher this year who are holding the kids accountable and really tuff with grading but they are also teaching them the the skills that they didn't get in ES or MS. The teachers can do far more and some choose not to. The worst are the ones who will not read or return email when you try to work with them.

The teachers are probably holding the students as accountable as admin will allow. I would love to be at a school where deadlines were enforced unless there was a good reason to give an extension to a student. It shouldn’t be the case that any student can turn in work eight weeks late for any reason just two days before the end of the quarter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of it is true, but we have a few really good teacher this year who are holding the kids accountable and really tuff with grading but they are also teaching them the the skills that they didn't get in ES or MS. The teachers can do far more and some choose not to. The worst are the ones who will not read or return email when you try to work with them.

Parents don’t care. Period. I have 12 kids who had over 26 absences each in quarter 1. It’s time for a mirror.

What’s even worse is when admin wants content teachers to just take the initiative to call parents of chronically absent students when we have 120-180 students each. And when there is a dedicated attendance teacher.

My school, too. It has to be a Central Office scheme.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of it is true, but we have a few really good teacher this year who are holding the kids accountable and really tuff with grading but they are also teaching them the the skills that they didn't get in ES or MS. The teachers can do far more and some choose not to. The worst are the ones who will not read or return email when you try to work with them.

Parents don’t care. Period. I have 12 kids who had over 26 absences each in quarter 1. It’s time for a mirror.

Which school?