Teacher exposes the craptastic decline iof MCPS in Reddit rant

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Anonymous wrote:That was a pretty enlightening Reddit thread. If a student is not self-motivated and high-performing, they are completely failed by MCPS schools today. It's a race to the bottom for average kids. And it's entirely caused by central office bureaucrats. Monica McKnight cannot leave soon enough.

Exactly. It’s a damn shame. How do we change this?

We don't. Progressives live in a fantasy world and implement solutions that only work in that world. Because they control MoCo from to to bottom, things cannot get better.

LOL. Yes, because the regressives care soooooo deeply about public education.

You’re a buffoon.

Typical progressive....you only believe in political binary. To you, someone is either woke or Hitler. I'm an actual liberal, so I think both the far left and far right are nuts.

[Anonymous]

Take a look at Baltimore city schools - that is where mcps is headed. Seems like a good time
to open a new private school in moco. So many disgruntled teachers to hire as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is an American culture problem. We want to pretend everyone is the same, but they aren't. Not every kid is college-bound. But every kid should be able to learn and thrive and end high school able to read and understand enough math to live life and pursue higher education if desired. Everyone who has an average IQ (and I mean everyone) can learn to read and do algebra. Also, we can teach kids what tools they can use to have success. What we can't do is pretend every kid needs to or is able to make it through AP calculus by their senior year in high school. Kids unfortunately do not start school on a level playing field. Schools can't level all the differences. If we were able and willing to meet kids where they are, spend more time reteaching kids who need repetition to get concepts and spend time building background knowledge for kids that need that, we'd end up with more kids happy and thriving in school. Unfortunately, we want to pretend different needs don't exist, all kids can meet the same benchmarks in the same time frame, and we consequently teach to an almost non-existent middle which leaves a lot of kids bored and a lot of kids perpetually confused.

But why????? How do we change this?

First, you have to admit far leftist policies resulted in this disaster. Then you have to get back to the basics of accountability. Kids don't hand in he on time? Zero. Kids don't attend class? Zero. There are no make up sessions and 50% awards for not showing up to work in real life. Look, accountability and common sense education WILL mean there will be some brown kids who fail and cannot keep up. So what? It is far more racist to assume they cannot do the work and be held accountable to high quality standards.

Everyone wants equitable outcomes, for sure. But throwing all standards out the window to reach that goal is a fatal mistake. Nothing will change until voters stop voting for far left liberal loons and their policies. It's truly remarkable how people have congitive dissonance and cannot associate the rapid decline of MCPS with their voting behaviors.

MCPS and MoCo are permanently screwed and will be in steep decline, because do you think they'll ever stop voting far left? One party rule with carte blanche to do whatever and never be held accountable to anyone.

Change all of that first and then you can get back to the basics of quality education.

I would say right-wing policies resulted in this. The GOP's whole jam is to dumb down the population in order to expand their base. This is who mainly benefits from these policies.

Left-wing policies resulted in the problems MCPS is having - the whole equity thing, dumbing down everything, passing along kids who don't care.

Right-wing policies are responsible for things like 4 day school weeks, not teaching true history, bringing religion into all classes (teaching creationism instead of science, etc.).

Two different problems. We are talking about the former not the latter so it is a left-wing problem.

No, the crazy lazy covid parents were responsible for the 4 day a week school days as they didn't want to supervise their kids. They also scream about homework and kids being held accountable which is why it's a mess. This is MCPS. Very few right wingers as most of them go to Catholic School.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of these folks claiming this side or that side's policies are responsible. Care to provide any reasonable source?

Or is it your own biases speaking?

The source is that the left has controlled MCPS for decades and sometime in the past 10, the far left gained control and things started to go downward quickly. We can also look at all the things that are listed in the Reddit post that are causing problems. Those are leftist solutions, not far-right.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All of these folks claiming this side or that side's policies are responsible. Care to provide any reasonable source?

Or is it your own biases speaking?

The source is that the left has controlled MCPS for decades and sometime in the past 10, the far left gained control and things started to go downward quickly. We can also look at all the things that are listed in the Reddit post that are causing problems. Those are leftist solutions, not far-right.

That's just correlation. Lots of school systems have struggled recently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of these folks claiming this side or that side's policies are responsible. Care to provide any reasonable source?

Or is it your own biases speaking?

The source is that the left has controlled MCPS for decades and sometime in the past 10, the far left gained control and things started to go downward quickly. We can also look at all the things that are listed in the Reddit post that are causing problems. Those are leftist solutions, not far-right.

That's just correlation. Lots of school systems have struggled recently.

Come on man. Read the Reddit post again. Progressives are so far out of touch with reality they have no clue what will work. MAGAs are even worse. We need actual liberals (not wokes) back in charge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, 'no child left behind' is the reason for all the dumb metrics

No child left behind was started by Bush. Obama then implemented Race to the Top. I think there is enough blame for both sides.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of these folks claiming this side or that side's policies are responsible. Care to provide any reasonable source?

Or is it your own biases speaking?

The source is that the left has controlled MCPS for decades and sometime in the past 10, the far left gained control and things started to go downward quickly. We can also look at all the things that are listed in the Reddit post that are causing problems. Those are leftist solutions, not far-right.

That's just correlation. Lots of school systems have struggled recently.

I don’t care about other school systems. I care about Mcps. Stop making excuses. Try to be better than average and raise the bar. Attitudes like yours is why everything decays into mediocrity. Then when everything is mediocre the decline down further snowballs until everything is in the toilet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Take a look at Baltimore city schools - that is where mcps is headed. Seems like a good time
to open a new private school in moco. So many disgruntled teachers to hire as well.

Private schools can’t afford most of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is an American culture problem. We want to pretend everyone is the same, but they aren't. Not every kid is college-bound. But every kid should be able to learn and thrive and end high school able to read and understand enough math to live life and pursue higher education if desired. Everyone who has an average IQ (and I mean everyone) can learn to read and do algebra. Also, we can teach kids what tools they can use to have success. What we can't do is pretend every kid needs to or is able to make it through AP calculus by their senior year in high school. Kids unfortunately do not start school on a level playing field. Schools can't level all the differences. If we were able and willing to meet kids where they are, spend more time reteaching kids who need repetition to get concepts and spend time building background knowledge for kids that need that, we'd end up with more kids happy and thriving in school. Unfortunately, we want to pretend different needs don't exist, all kids can meet the same benchmarks in the same time frame, and we consequently teach to an almost non-existent middle which leaves a lot of kids bored and a lot of kids perpetually confused.

But why????? How do we change this?

First, you have to admit far leftist policies resulted in this disaster. Then you have to get back to the basics of accountability. Kids don't hand in he on time? Zero. Kids don't attend class? Zero. There are no make up sessions and 50% awards for not showing up to work in real life. Look, accountability and common sense education WILL mean there will be some brown kids who fail and cannot keep up. So what? It is far more racist to assume they cannot do the work and be held accountable to high quality standards.

Everyone wants equitable outcomes, for sure. But throwing all standards out the window to reach that goal is a fatal mistake. Nothing will change until voters stop voting for far left liberal loons and their policies. It's truly remarkable how people have congitive dissonance and cannot associate the rapid decline of MCPS with their voting behaviors.

MCPS and MoCo are permanently screwed and will be in steep decline, because do you think they'll ever stop voting far left? One party rule with carte blanche to do whatever and never be held accountable to anyone.

Change all of that first and then you can get back to the basics of quality education.

I would say right-wing policies resulted in this. The GOP's whole jam is to dumb down the population in order to expand their base. This is who mainly benefits from these policies.

Well then, all you are doing is showing how ill-informed you are about education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Have you seen how elementary school kids have their center activities, they move on to something new every 20 mins, it’s a training for ADHD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is an American culture problem. We want to pretend everyone is the same, but they aren't. Not every kid is college-bound. But every kid should be able to learn and thrive and end high school able to read and understand enough math to live life and pursue higher education if desired. Everyone who has an average IQ (and I mean everyone) can learn to read and do algebra. Also, we can teach kids what tools they can use to have success. What we can't do is pretend every kid needs to or is able to make it through AP calculus by their senior year in high school. Kids unfortunately do not start school on a level playing field. Schools can't level all the differences. If we were able and willing to meet kids where they are, spend more time reteaching kids who need repetition to get concepts and spend time building background knowledge for kids that need that, we'd end up with more kids happy and thriving in school. Unfortunately, we want to pretend different needs don't exist, all kids can meet the same benchmarks in the same time frame, and we consequently teach to an almost non-existent middle which leaves a lot of kids bored and a lot of kids perpetually confused.

But why????? How do we change this?

First, you have to admit far leftist policies resulted in this disaster. Then you have to get back to the basics of accountability. Kids don't hand in he on time? Zero. Kids don't attend class? Zero. There are no make up sessions and 50% awards for not showing up to work in real life. Look, accountability and common sense education WILL mean there will be some brown kids who fail and cannot keep up. So what? It is far more racist to assume they cannot do the work and be held accountable to high quality standards.

Everyone wants equitable outcomes, for sure. But throwing all standards out the window to reach that goal is a fatal mistake. Nothing will change until voters stop voting for far left liberal loons and their policies. It's truly remarkable how people have congitive dissonance and cannot associate the rapid decline of MCPS with their voting behaviors.

MCPS and MoCo are permanently screwed and will be in steep decline, because do you think they'll ever stop voting far left? One party rule with carte blanche to do whatever and never be held accountable to anyone.

Change all of that first and then you can get back to the basics of quality education.

I would say right-wing policies resulted in this. The GOP's whole jam is to dumb down the population in order to expand their base. This is who mainly benefits from these policies.

Left-wing policies resulted in the problems MCPS is having - the whole equity thing, dumbing down everything, passing along kids who don't care.

Right-wing policies are responsible for things like 4 day school weeks, not teaching true history, bringing religion into all classes (teaching creationism instead of science, etc.).

Two different problems. We are talking about the former not the latter so it is a left-wing problem.

No, the crazy lazy covid parents were responsible for the 4 day a week school days as they didn't want to supervise their kids. They also scream about homework and kids being held accountable which is why it's a mess. This is MCPS. Very few right wingers as most of them go to Catholic School.

Oh I feel very sorry for the students with teachers who have little kids that also can’t go to school because their kids have virtual classes. Those teachers must sit with their own child so they won’t called lazy, and not do their actual job. You POTHEAD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take a look at Baltimore city schools - that is where mcps is headed. Seems like a good time
to open a new private school in moco. So many disgruntled teachers to hire as well.

Private schools can’t afford most of us.

Not true! I transferred to private and they offered me my exact salary. And conditions are far better. A lot of my new coworkers are former public school teachers, as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take a look at Baltimore city schools - that is where mcps is headed. Seems like a good time
to open a new private school in moco. So many disgruntled teachers to hire as well.

Private schools can’t afford most of us.

Not true! I transferred to private and they offered me my exact salary. And conditions are far better. A lot of my new coworkers are former public school teachers, as well.

And your exact insurance plan and pension? I can’t leave due to those things, but I sure wish I could. MCPS is sinking and it makes me so sad. I truly loved teaching and now I would never advise anyone to go into it- but if they did, there is no way I’d recommend MCPS. I think you need smaller districts who are able to address issues as they come up. Equity for all is not working for anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That was a pretty enlightening Reddit thread. If a student is not self-motivated and high-performing, they are completely failed by MCPS schools today. It's a race to the bottom for average kids. And it's entirely caused by central office bureaucrats. Monica McKnight cannot leave soon enough.

Exactly. It’s a damn shame. How do we change this?

We don't. Progressives live in a fantasy world and implement solutions that only work in that world. Because they control MoCo from to to bottom, things cannot get better.

LOL. Yes, because the regressives care soooooo deeply about public education.

You’re a buffoon.

Typical progressive....you only believe in political binary. To you, someone is either woke or Hitler. I'm an actual liberal, so I think both the far left and far right are nuts.

True the GOP is a rainbow of crazy these days.