Mathcounts results 2024 MoCo+PG

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, I guess this is proof that the lottery system worked. TPMS still did well and Potomac kids were not harmed by staying at their home school. Nice.

Absolutely not. Look at the names, 2/3 of them are still Asian. That means actually NOTHING CHANGED!

Newsflash: It's parents who prioritize their kids' education and spend on outside enrichment like AoPS or RSM. It was never MCPS.

agree

It's both MCPS programs and parents, but definitely a lot from those either heavily supporting their children's math interests or pushing them to the limits of their abilities.

The problem is that the publicly supported/MCPS-provided programming is not made available as it should, either across enough of the student population as a whole (e.g., too few magnet seats for those who would benefit) or at a similar level across all schools locally to reach more than just those with a well-supported peer group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, I guess this is proof that the lottery system worked. TPMS still did well and Potomac kids were not harmed by staying at their home school. Nice.

Absolutely not. Look at the names, 2/3 of them are still Asian. That means actually NOTHING CHANGED!

Newsflash: It's parents who prioritize their kids' education and spend on outside enrichment like AoPS or RSM. It was never MCPS.

agree

It's both MCPS programs and parents, but definitely a lot from those either heavily supporting their children's math interests or pushing them to the limits of their abilities.

The problem is that the publicly supported/MCPS-provided programming is not made available as it should, either across enough of the student population as a whole (e.g., too few magnet seats for those who would benefit) or at a similar level across all schools locally to reach more than just those with a well-supported peer group.

MCPS doesn't care about advanced students. They know they'll be fine even if they're completely ignored. They spend 99% of their efforts on the bottom 20%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, I guess this is proof that the lottery system worked. TPMS still did well and Potomac kids were not harmed by staying at their home school. Nice.

Absolutely not. Look at the names, 2/3 of them are still Asian. That means actually NOTHING CHANGED!

Newsflash: It's parents who prioritize their kids' education and spend on outside enrichment like AoPS or RSM. It was never MCPS.

agree

It's both MCPS programs and parents, but definitely a lot from those either heavily supporting their children's math interests or pushing them to the limits of their abilities.

The problem is that the publicly supported/MCPS-provided programming is not made available as it should, either across enough of the student population as a whole (e.g., too few magnet seats for those who would benefit) or at a similar level across all schools locally to reach more than just those with a well-supported peer group.

MCPS doesn't care about advanced students. They know they'll be fine even if they're completely ignored. They spend 99% of their efforts on the bottom 20%.

Hyperbole, much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, I guess this is proof that the lottery system worked. TPMS still did well and Potomac kids were not harmed by staying at their home school. Nice.

Absolutely not. Look at the names, 2/3 of them are still Asian. That means actually NOTHING CHANGED!

Newsflash: It's parents who prioritize their kids' education and spend on outside enrichment like AoPS or RSM. It was never MCPS.

agree

It's both MCPS programs and parents, but definitely a lot from those either heavily supporting their children's math interests or pushing them to the limits of their abilities.

The problem is that the publicly supported/MCPS-provided programming is not made available as it should, either across enough of the student population as a whole (e.g., too few magnet seats for those who would benefit) or at a similar level across all schools locally to reach more than just those with a well-supported peer group.

MCPS doesn't care about advanced students. They know they'll be fine even if they're completely ignored. They spend 99% of their efforts on the bottom 20%.

The facts bear this out. They've done everything possible to diminish these programs for advanced learners by turning them into honors for all, or lotteries. Even students in ES don't get reading groups these days unless they're below grade level.