Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing

[Anonymous]

I have honestly been happy with MCPS education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can't view education as being confined to school. You just can't. Or your kids will suffer. I get that there are things you want to improve in the County schools. But I think you need to let go of not supplementing.

Op here.

Here's the thing: I went to private school (Catholic), and I received an excellent education. My parents didn't supplement...because they didn't need to.

We all know that 2.0 is crummy. The thread on former mcps students being so far behind when they move to other districts is appalling. The 2.0 defenders say that moving slowly and forcing kids to jump through multiple steps is better for them, but that simply isn't true. When will they admit their investment in 2.0 was a mistake?

The fact that parents must supplement is proof positive that mcps is subpar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have honestly been happy with MCPS education.

How old is your kid?

*No need to weigh in if you kid is one of the select few anointed ones in HGC/magnet program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can't view education as being confined to school. You just can't. Or your kids will suffer. I get that there are things you want to improve in the County schools. But I think you need to let go of not supplementing.

Op here.

Here's the thing: I went to private school (Catholic), and I received an excellent education. My parents didn't supplement...because they didn't need to.

We all know that 2.0 is crummy. The thread on former mcps students being so far behind when they move to other districts is appalling. The 2.0 defenders say that moving slowly and forcing kids to jump through multiple steps is better for them, but that simply isn't true. When will they admit their investment in 2.0 was a mistake?

The fact that parents must supplement is proof positive that mcps is subpar.

Actually we don't all know that. There was recently a thread right here on DCUM about C2.0. There were a lot of positive comments.

If you're not happy with MCPS, do something about it. Complaining on DCUM does not count as doing something about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have had our share of issues with MCPS over the years. Now our kids are in college and they say they were well prepared by MCPS.

They were not magnet students and they don't attend Ivy schools. But seriously, your DC does not need better math, more grammar and for a teacher to actually correct their writing word by word, every day.

Just because teachers don't grade them against perfection as freshmen in HS doesn't mean they don't get there. Learning in grades K-12 builds up and at least from 2001-2016, MCPS was fine.

I agree wholeheartedly. With a child in magnet school and one in neighborhood school, happy with the quality of education and the quality of teachers.

[Anonymous]

I posted earlier - one of the ones who's happy. I think a lot of it depends on what your expectations are as a parent. I read the other thread about the family that moved to Mass. and their kids are behind, and some of the complaints about math in that thread are beyond my grasp. I don't have any expertise in education and math was not my thing. So my ability to be critical of MCPS math is limited - basically, I'm looking to see that my kids can do the math skills expected of their age (both are in elementary) and that they are learning and progressing. I also want them to like school and learning and be happy. These are very different metrics than what some of the posters in the other thread seem to expect. Frankly, I also don't think it's cataclysmic if my MCPS kids end up behind some other kids when they get to college. Life doesn't guarantee perfect outcomes - I don't think we can expect our public school systems to provide that either. But I recognize this might be a minority view.

[Anonymous]

I’m an English teacher (not for mcps).

My mcps second grader is writing projects that take him through the whole writing process. I like the assignments and the way the skills are being developed. I’m impressed by the attention to developing ideas, analysis, and critical thinking as well as editing. I assumed his assignments are standard for the county. The es instruction seems good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can't view education as being confined to school. You just can't. Or your kids will suffer. I get that there are things you want to improve in the County schools. But I think you need to let go of not supplementing.

Op here.

Here's the thing: I went to private school (Catholic), and I received an excellent education. My parents didn't supplement...because they didn't need to.

We all know that 2.0 is crummy. The thread on former mcps students being so far behind when they move to other districts is appalling. The 2.0 defenders say that moving slowly and forcing kids to jump through multiple steps is better for them, but that simply isn't true. When will they admit their investment in 2.0 was a mistake?

The fact that parents must supplement is proof positive that mcps is subpar.

I’m a teacher. I don’t think you should need to supplement either for math or writing etc. but there are complementary skills that you could be working on at home, encouraging your child to challenge him or herself, ask questions, reflect on assignments after doing hem to identify what was easy and what was challenging, identify when to ask for help, how to work in a group without feeling left out or overburdened, speaking up, listening, working independently, trying something out before giving up, how to handle mistakes, how to handle failure, what to do if you’re bored, etc etc etc.

[Anonymous]

Also someone posted something about MCPS students being behind compared to students from other systems. I just don't buy it. My niece graduated from Northwest HS not too long ago and is attending one of the DC private colleges (think Georgetown , AU, Catholic) and she says she's very well prepared. She was never in HGC by the way.

[Anonymous]

I won’t add to the bashing here, but will say that I work for MCPS and send my kids to private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m an English teacher (not for mcps).

My mcps second grader is writing projects that take him through the whole writing process. I like the assignments and the way the skills are being developed. I’m impressed by the attention to developing ideas, analysis, and critical thinking as well as editing. I assumed his assignments are standard for the county. The es instruction seems good.

I agree. I have an Ivy League English degree and am pleased (and pleasantly surprised) with how writing skills are developed, at least in ES in MCPS. My 1st grader is talking about idioms, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I won’t add to the bashing here, but will say that I work for MCPS and send my kids to private.

And that's not bashing? What are your reasons? What private?

[Anonymous]

My senior is not a math superstar..taking calc A/B as a senior and not having the easiest of times. He was the first year of 2.0 since algebra. Somehow he got a 700 math SAT score with no prep. I am not bashing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So when shall we rise up and launch a mutiny? None of us were subjected to a subpar education, so why are we politely going along with the mcps crazy train to mediocrity instead of demanding change?

We shouldn't have to supplement. The schools should be able to equip students for success.

When you have this many poor illegal immigrants, you teach to the lowest common denominator.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I won’t add to the bashing here, but will say that I work for MCPS and send my kids to private.

Same here!