"Is MCPS losing its edge?"
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Anonymous
| MCPS never had an edge. |
Anonymous
Not really. Colleges have had to adjust to reality and meet students where they are. |
Anonymous
If public’s are finished then so is much of society as the only thing that makes Charters and Privates allowable in our current society is that Public School has to take everyone. MCPS HS have 2000 students. There are K-12 privates that don’t have half as many students in total. |
Anonymous
Yep. I mean, there are 180,000 K-12 students in MoCo. 85% of them are in public school. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST1Y2022.S1401?t=Education&g=050XX00US24031 |
Anonymous
Colleges have slipped into the abyss as well outside a few rigorous majors. Have to believe people will stop going into heavy debt for a pile of crap at some point. |
Anonymous
15 percent have the means to escape. |
Anonymous
True. Look around. Only 15 percent of people have it together. The population looks horrible and still dropping. |
Anonymous
That Census data is terrific. You can use the Census tract numbers to narrow the data down to your specific neighborhood. |
Anonymous
I am sure that Colleges have made some adjustments to help students, but I am not sure that the adjustments are always the type you would want or that they are done as often as you would like. For students going to MC as early college for engineering track, they must take an online chemistry prep program (not for credit) in the summer before college and score high enough to be allowed to participate in the program. Some might say this is a great adjustment, some might think it is not. MC has continued its grading policy where kids cannot turn things in late, must attend class, cannot reassess, etc. Of course some exceptions for extreme cases might be made, but they have appeared to be strictly adhering to this policy. What types of adjustments have you seen? Are these the sort of adjustments you were referring to? |
Anonymous
Only the crappy colleges. |
Anonymous
My daughter who coasted through MCPS definitely had a rude awakening at college. She was able to get a 3.8/4.5 gpa in HS with almost no effort. Had less than a 3.0 first semester in college and was legitimately working hard; just didn’t have the study skills necessary after not needing to study for 4 years. She said the kids from private schools were much better prepared. She adapted though. |
Anonymous
There are a lot of kids who do not thrive in a high-stakes testing environment. Retaining knowledge in certain subjects is important, but there is more than one educational technique to facilitate that. The HS kids are already extremely stressed out, why focus on finals? Meet the children where they are, it is not all about the next level. |
Anonymous
Meetings kids where they are is why we’re in this situation in the first place. MCPS’s whole philosophy has been to teach down to where kids are, rather than pushing them at all. The proficiency rates show that approach has failed. Not to mention, every post-secondary educational setting will involve cumulative tests. Not prepping kids for that situation is just setting them up for failure. |
Anonymous
| My kid finished the first week book for middle school english in two days (he liked the book). But it's assigned to the class (a chapter a night) to be read over a 3 week period. It's too bad the large classes and curriculum don't allow for more differentiation. We weren't keen on the magnets and a long commute for our kids, but yes, the curriculum isn't pushing kids very hard (English is not my kid's best subject), and the big class sizes don't allow the teacher much opportunity for differentiation. |
Anonymous
SERIOUSLY! Thank you! The "meet children where they are" mafia has had their time in the sun. ENOUGH! |