Achievement gap will worsen with refusal to provide distance learning

[Anonymous]

I think MCPS leadership was planning to just stay open and were caught off guard by Hogan's decision to close schools for two weeks. I have high schoolers, and each has one teacher that is providing assignments and really trying to keep learning on track. The other teachers, not so much. I wouldn't be surprised if they just give everybody As for the last two quarters and call it done for the year.

[Anonymous]

Achievement gap will broaden regardless b/c it's mostly due to parenting/home environment, and schools closed == total parent influence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good grief - it's been three days. Give them time to figure out what and how. You can't just magically throw a switch to convert 12,000 teachers and 165,000 students from an analog to a digital system.

The DCUM demographic has nothing to do but sit at home and complain about other people's inadequacies and failings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think MCPS leadership was planning to just stay open and were caught off guard by Hogan's decision to close schools for two weeks. I have high schoolers, and each has one teacher that is providing assignments and really trying to keep learning on track. The other teachers, not so much. I wouldn't be surprised if they just give everybody As for the last two quarters and call it done for the year.

Hilarious to try and blame Hogan.

Maybe if MCPS leadership had made an effort to maintain a better working relationship with Hogan and the State leadership in general, MCPS would have been kept in the loop.

Instead, MCPS has been openly antagonistic towards Hogan.

I don’t blame Hogan. Schools around the country have been closing. Any leader in education should have been aware of the possibility.

[Anonymous]

If you go on the Private Schools board you'll read that many of the schools have online teaching happening, up and running with teachers and other students logging in and actively pursuing new material.

I had thought MCPS was in the same boat as everyone but this just makes me realize how ill prepared they are and then how slow as molasses they are to respond to need.

Its devastating.

[Anonymous]

Ok this has been brewing since January so it didn't sneak up on us. My brother teaches in CA and they closed Monday and he started teaching online on Monday.

My HS student had teachers who posted online learning materials and then they were explicitly told to take it down and they could not provide ANYTHING, graded or ungraded.

It is not surprising at all but massively disappointing. Luckily my child is smart and self driven and we don't NEED the AP credits. They are reading and doing things they enjoy and will be fine, others not so much.

[Anonymous]

How many times do you need to repeat yourself, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good grief - it's been three days. Give them time to figure out what and how. You can't just magically throw a switch to convert 12,000 teachers and 165,000 students from an analog to a digital system.

The DCUM demographic has nothing to do but sit at home and complain about other people's inadequacies and failings.

+ 1 Nothing seems to snap them out of it, not even a pandemic. Imagine living that way.

[Anonymous]

This is the least of our problems right now. The kids will make up for the lost knowledge. Focus on keeping your family healthy, and alive. Priorities, you know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think MCPS leadership was planning to just stay open and were caught off guard by Hogan's decision to close schools for two weeks. I have high schoolers, and each has one teacher that is providing assignments and really trying to keep learning on track. The other teachers, not so much. I wouldn't be surprised if they just give everybody As for the last two quarters and call it done for the year.

HUH? My understanding is that teachers were explicitly forbidden from assigning work. We are in a W and the teachers are abiding by this directive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think MCPS leadership was planning to just stay open and were caught off guard by Hogan's decision to close schools for two weeks. I have high schoolers, and each has one teacher that is providing assignments and really trying to keep learning on track. The other teachers, not so much. I wouldn't be surprised if they just give everybody As for the last two quarters and call it done for the year.

HUH? My understanding is that teachers were explicitly forbidden from assigning work. We are in a W and the teachers are abiding by this directive.

Yes, they can't assign work, because not all kids will be able to do it. That doesn't mean they are forbidden from doing anything at all. We were told not to expect teachers to post to Google Classroom, not that they were forbidden to do anything at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Achievement gap will broaden regardless b/c it's mostly due to parenting/home environment, and schools closed == total parent influence.

Exactly, the ones who can "will" during this crisis already have tech and ensure their kids are doing something...

Unusual circumstances, call for thinking outside the box but can't magic something out of the air. If you have a parent or responsible adult at home and access to the Internet there is a lot you can ensure your child learns at home with the access of a library card you have access to many learning opps…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you go on the Private Schools board you'll read that many of the schools have online teaching happening, up and running with teachers and other students logging in and actively pursuing new material.

I had thought MCPS was in the same boat as everyone but this just makes me realize how ill prepared they are and then how slow as molasses they are to respond to need.

Its devastating.

Yup! Sucks to be in mcps right now. Private school kids are able to continue their education while public school kids suffer!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you go on the Private Schools board you'll read that many of the schools have online teaching happening, up and running with teachers and other students logging in and actively pursuing new material.

I had thought MCPS was in the same boat as everyone but this just makes me realize how ill prepared they are and then how slow as molasses they are to respond to need.

Its devastating.

Yup! Sucks to be in mcps right now. Private school kids are able to continue their education while public school kids suffer!

You get what you pay for.

awful

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you go on the Private Schools board you'll read that many of the schools have online teaching happening, up and running with teachers and other students logging in and actively pursuing new material.

I had thought MCPS was in the same boat as everyone but this just makes me realize how ill prepared they are and then how slow as molasses they are to respond to need.

Its devastating.

Yup! Sucks to be in mcps right now. Private school kids are able to continue their education while public school kids suffer!

It's been 3 days! Put down the pitchforks. Small private schools have 300 kids to plan for, and MCPS has 180,000. This outrage just sounds comical when you consider what extraordinary REAL problems the country has right now.